Template:Did you know nominations/Mittens (chess engine)

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 01:30, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Mittens (chess engine)

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... that Mittens was a chess-playing cat? Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-mittens-cat-bot-11674018529
- ALT1: ... that the chess engine Mittens drew a game against Hikaru Nakamura? Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mittens-makes-mincemeat-of-grandmasters-0t3tcg6cx
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Liberty Theatre
- Comment: Will do QPQ later today. QPQ now done (edited 18:35, 26 January 2023 (UTC))

Created by Schminnte (talk). Self-nominated at 16:57, 25 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mittens (chess engine), so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Everything looks good but do QPQ. SyntheticSystems (talk) 17:50, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

@SyntheticSystems: QPQ is done. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 18:35, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Don't see a need for the substack content. Seems like a blog. starship .paint (exalt) 14:37, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

@Starship.paint: it is a blog, but it is by Joe Posnanski, a respected journalist. The blog has won a journalism award. If this isn't fine I'll remove it. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:28, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

@Schminnte: - I would prefer a chess-related expert, but given your explanation I won't oppose this. starship .paint (exalt) 06:30, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Drive-by comment I'm pretty sure that the chess engine Mittens drawn against Hikaru Nakamura? is not grammatically correct. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:10, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Trainsandotherthings: fixed. I think I was a bit too tired when I nominated this! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 20:42, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Schminnte: Article is new enough, long enough, neutral and contains no close paraphrase that I could detect. QPQ done. ALT0 is eye-catching but misleading (not a real cat, and now it's dead). Would be more accurate to call it artificial cat unless we're going for an April 1 hook. ALT1 isn't very interesting to a generalist audience who don't know their chess grandmasters. DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:46, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi @DigitalIceAge: To solve those issues (unless an April fools hook is wanted),

ALT0a: ... that Mittens was a chess engine in the guise of a cat?
ALT1a ... that the chess engine Mittens drew a game against Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura?

How are those? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:15, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@Schminnte: Had to change one word in ALT0a to reflect its defunct status. I suppose if you want to run ALT0 on April Fools' Day (changing is to was) it would attract more views through. Otherwise I'd approve ALT0a. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:22, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@DigitalIceAge: I'll leave it up to you. I already have a April fools hook pending at Template:Did you know nominations/Loophonium, so that might influence your decision. Thanks for the review, Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:29, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

My pleasure. Since WP:DYKAPRIL isn't booked at the moment, I'll approve ALT0 for April 1. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:32, 7 February 2023 (UTC)