- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:01, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Baa Baa Land
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- ... that Baa Baa Land is an eight-hour movie containing nothing but long shots of grazing sheep and is described as the "dullest movie ever made"? Source: "Baa Baa Land is a 'contemplative epic' made by filmmakers from an American mindfulness firm known as Calm which has no plot, dialogue or human actors, and is described as the 'dullest movie ever made.'" (link:[1])
ALT1:... that Baa Baa Land is an eight-hour movie containing nothing but long shots of grazing sheep and is intended to relieve stress in viewers? Source: "Smith hopes viewers can 'sit back, wind down and drift off' to the sheep and find peaceful calm 'in a world of constant stress and information overload, of anxious days and restless nights.'" (link:[2])- ALT2:... that Baa Baa Land is the 19th longest film ever and is advertised as the "dullest movie ever made"? Source for 19th: "Baa Baa Land’s length of eight hours may put off some but it makes the film only the nineteenth longest film of all time" Link:[3] Source for advert: See trailer on this page (link:[4])
ALT3:... that Baa Baa Land is an eight-hour contemplative epic film, designed to relieve stress in viewers? Source: "Smith hopes viewers can 'sit back, wind down and drift off' to the sheep and find peaceful calm 'in a world of constant stress and information overload, of anxious days and restless nights.'" (link:[5])- ALT4:... that Baa Baa Land is an eight-hour slow cinema film containing nothing but long shots of grazing sheep and is described as the "dullest movie ever made"? Source: "Baa Baa Land is a 'contemplative epic' made by filmmakers from an American mindfulness firm known as Calm which has no plot, dialogue or human actors, and is described as the 'dullest movie ever made.'" (link:[6])
Created by Caseymckerchie (talk). Nominated by Insertcleverphrasehere (talk) at 10:30, 28 July 2017 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Almost everything looks good with this nomination: it is new enough, well sourced, neutral, and free of plagiarism, and two of the hooks also look good: I'm scratching the two that reference the film's stress-reducing properties, which are not mentioned in the article itself. Note, however, that this article is not long enough to qualify for DYK: it consists of fewer than 1,000 characters of prose (921, by my admittedly unscientific count), well short of the 1,500-character minimum. (Also, this is the creator's first DYK nomination, so QPQ does not apply in this case.) Michael Barera (talk) 04:53, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
- Reply: @Michael Barera. I have expanded the article, and is now at 1572 characters by the count of User:Shubinator/DYKcheck. I'll work on adding a bit more as well. Cheers and thanks for the review. — InsertCleverPhraseHere 05:59, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
- Note: I added an additional alternative, based on the first option that contains the 'slow cinema' link (otherwise identical), which is pretty relevant. This is my preferred option. ALT 2 is acceptable, but I much prefer ALT4 and the first proposal over it. — InsertCleverPhraseHere 06:11, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
- Everything looks good to go now, including the length. I totally agree about ALT4: that is my preference of hook, too. Nice work, InsertCleverPhraseHere! Michael Barera (talk) 05:40, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
Almost everything looks good with this nomination: it is new enough, well sourced, neutral, and free of plagiarism, and two of the hooks also look good: I'm scratching the two that reference the film's stress-reducing properties, which are not mentioned in the article itself. Note, however, that this article is not long enough to qualify for DYK: it consists of fewer than 1,000 characters of prose (921, by my admittedly unscientific count), well short of the 1,500-character minimum. (Also, this is the creator's first DYK nomination, so QPQ does not apply in this case.) Michael Barera (talk) 04:53, 31 July 2017 (UTC)