Template:Did you know nominations/Accolade (company)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

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Accolade (company)

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  • ... that Accolade was so well-known for publishing sports games, that the packaging for science fiction game Star Control II accidentally included a sticker calling it the "Best Sports Game" of 1992? Source: "Because Accolade had focused their success around sports games, they accidentally placed a sticker on the box of Star Control II calling it the "Best Sports Game 1992". [1] at 46:00-47:00

Improved to Good Article status by Shooterwalker (talk). Self-nominated at 22:32, 15 February 2021 (UTC).

  • checkY Article is long enough (13583 characters), is a GA, nominated in time (became GA 15 February, nominated same day), and article is within policy
  • Question? Hook is short enough and interesting. However, the source [2] says that "Accolade put a sticker on all the SCII boxes saying "Best Sports Game of 1993.", not 1992. Shooterwalker please can you clarify whether it should be 1992 or 1993?
  • checkY QPQ exempt, as the user has 4 previous DYK nominations
  • Overall, the article looks fine, but can you please clarify the year for the hook? Joseph2302 (talk) 17:50, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Just noticed that inconsistency now. Yeah, there's some conflict between the sources. If you look at this video interview at 46:15, it has an actual image of the sticker that says 1992. I feel like that makes the video interview just a little more reliable, which is why I went with that source instead of the text article. If we're being accurate, the exact phrasing would be "Best Sports Game 1992", which I tweaked. Let me know if there's anything else we need to figure out. Shooterwalker (talk) 20:13, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
  • All looks good to go now that year is clarified. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:39, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot. Keep me posted if there's anything else I need to do. Shooterwalker (talk) 17:00, 22 February 2021 (UTC)