Template:Did you know nominations/Terror Train

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:51, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Terror Train

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Train car used in Terror Train

... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought it sounded terrible?

Source: Grove, David (2015). Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-608-2. OCLC 840902442. (no page numbers because google books lacks pagination, and it's not available anywhere else online)

ALT1: ... that the killer in the slasher film Terror Train was played by a Canadian cross-dressing performer with little knowledge about films? Source: Grove, David (2015). Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-608-2. OCLC 840902442. (no page numbers because google books lacks pagination, and it's not available anywhere else online)
ALT2: ... that the train set in Terror Train was a real Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive? Source: Rockoff, Adam (2016). Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978–1986. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49192-6. Page 94
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel
Comment: Image should be used for ALT 2. Nominated upon request of author

Improved to Good Article status by MagicatthemovieS (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

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MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 17:21, 7 May 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I wouldn't go with the image, personally, as ALT2 is the weakest. I prefer ALT1. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:18, 10 May 2024 (UTC)