Template talk:DYK

Format
I've formatted these using Wikipedia's format as a guide, namely:


 * The title of the article from which the information is taken must be in bold and linked to the article.
 * Entries should start with an ellipsis of three full stops (not the ellipsis character &#x2026;) and a space, and the first sentence should end with a question mark.
 * The hook itself should be concise (fewer than about 200 characters, including spaces).
 * When you write the DYK item (or "hook") please make it "hooky", that is, short, punchy, catchy, and likely to draw the readers in to wanting to read the article. An interesting hook is more likely to draw in a variety of readers.

Since it's quite a well-established format that we're replicating, it made sense to apply the same basic principles and formatting. For me, a lot of the statements are too long at the moment (since they include all the text from the articles), and I'd like to get the longer ones rewritten in a more "hooky" style ;) 12:45, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Did you know...

 * 1) ... that Din's Fire is capable of evaporating Morpha's tentacles?
 * 2) ... that Morpheel is a reference to Morpha, both in the way its first stage is defeated and in name?
 * 3) ... that Morpha can be very easily defeated by using the Longshot to pull it, and keep doing so when approaching the corners of the room to avoid it escaping?
 * 4) ... that Bongo Bongo is very similar to both Gohdan from The Wind Waker and Mazaal from The Minish Cap?
 * 5) ... that Bongo Bongo is among the largest bosses Link has ever fought, along with Molgera, Dark Dragon, Morpheel, Twinmold, Stallord and Eox?
 * 6) ... that the name "Mothula" is probably a parody of Mothra from the Godzilla movies?
 * 7) ... that three (later one more) Mothulas appear in the Earth Temple enemy floors in the Savage Labyrinth on Outset Island, despite the fact that they don't appear in that dungeon?
 * 8) ... that it is implied by Dangoro that the Hero's Bow of Twilight Princess is the one and same bow once wielded by the Hero of Time?
 * 9) ... that in Soulcalibur II, Link releases a shot from his bow as a Special Attack?
 * 10) ... that Telma and her cat's name strongly resemble the title of the movie Thelma & Louise, which is most likely a little joke Nintendo made to probably deem the two as inseparable?
 * 11) ... that Windfall Island holds the record for the most Pieces of Heart on a single island in The Wind Waker, with nine in total?
 * 12) ... that if Link speaks to the Astronomer in the Astral Observatory while wearing Kafei's Mask, he will mention that Kafei was a member of the Bombers when he was young?
 * 13) ... that the method of attack used by Bongo Bongo is also almost identical to the Master Hand battles in the Super Smash Bros. series?
 * 14) ... that the symbol shown on Medli's apron is similar to that of Nayru's Pearl and Zora's Sapphire, lending credence to the theory that the Rito tribe actually evolved from the Zora?
 * 15) ... that along the walls of the Temple of Time in Twilight Princess, there are carvings depicting what looks to be the Seven Sages, one of whom is holding the Dominion Rod?
 * 16) ... that Oracle of Seasons was originally planned to be a remake of the original Legend of Zelda, and as such, the overworld map of Holodrum is geographically similar to it?
 * 17) ... that, in the Ocarina of Time manga, the Sheikah symbol was originally displayed as an eye, but the tear was added when the Royal Family betrayed the Sheikah and banished them?
 * 18) ... that the arch at the entrance to Romani Ranch reads (when translated from Japanese) "Welcome to Kakariko Village"?
 * 19) ... that if you wait in Richard's Villa and let the tune play long enough, it will eventually break into a familiar tune hidden in several other Nintendo Games known unofficially as "Totaka's Song?"
 * 20) ... that Hena will begin to scratch herself after Link looks at the picture of the fisherman from Ocarina of Time?
 * 21) ... that the Oocca may have been based on the bird-like creatures in M. C. Escher's painting "Another World" ?
 * 22) ... that the in-game text from the Japanese version of Twilight Princess confirms that the Oocca created Hyrule itself, rather than the Hylians?
 * 23) ... that the famous Composer Brothers Sharp and Flat are possibly based on Mario and Luigi from the Super Mario Bros. series?
 * 24) ... that the hippo in Link's Awakenings Animal Village' was originally posing nude for Schule Donavitch?
 * 25) ... that Martha in Link's Awakening originally was supposed to lose her swimsuit rather than her necklace?

Hmm...
I salute you for this, Adam. It's a great idea. I'm guessing that we're going to need to manually place all of the tidbits in there, huh? 02:02, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup! It may take awhile. I've been wanting to work on it, but kept having to do other things. But anyone may search the wiki and dump Trivia in here. We'll get it as a Main Page feature sooner or later. 03:40, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Just had to point out that this wasn't my suggestion. While I'd idly considered it in the past, it was our good friend Axiomist who actually proposed it and made it happen. I just did the template-making donkey-work ;p 11:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Nearly ready
OK, this is taking shape now. Once the statements are moved into the template, they'll rotate through in sequence, displaying a group of three at a time. Is everyone happy for them to be added in the order shown above, or do we want to re-order them first to randomise the information a little better? 10:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it would be best to re order them. They should be random. 19:24, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * They will be random with the option tags. 19:46, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * True. That should randomize them pretty well. 19:51, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, just use the option tags. I looki forward to seeing these on the main page. :) 21:21, January 2, 2010 (UTC)

Hold on, I'm confused. Ax, when we discussed this I thought we'd decided on daily rotation as with the Featured content templates, so that's the method I've built into this template. I'd considered maybe using randomisation as well, to add a random statement at the start and end of the list. But any random entries in the list would change on every page load, and I didn't think that's the idea we were going for at all... 12:30, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Rotation? Hmm...Well, I guess rotation is alright, although I personally would like to see it randomized.
 * On second thought, if this is going on the main page, maybe it should be rotation. It would be too weird to just randomize the stuff on a page which is basically our DOORWAY to the wiki :P So I'm good with rotation. 17:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm still thinking that the daily rotation would be best. My above comment is meant to explain to them how it's going to cycle(using a function, they are familiar with), not really a change in my opinion. Sorry that wasn't clear :P 00:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, that's good. So, what I was saying in my first comment was that if the comments are added to the template in their current order, one day we'd be showing:

Did you know...
 * ... that Hena will begin to scratch herself after Link looks at the picture of the fisherman from Ocarina of Time?
 * ... that the Oocca may have been based on the bird-like creatures in M. C. Escher's painting "Another World"?
 * ... that the in-game text from the Japanese version of Twilight Princess confirms that the Oocca created Hyrule itself, rather than the Hylians?


 * My problem is that those are all TP related, so maybe it would be best to change to order to something a little more random, or even to put them in an order that includes some kind of link or succession between one statement and then next? 13:51, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I HAVE A BRAINSTORM!!! We list all of the statements on the template page (noinclude tagged, of course,) and we include a link to the template page in the template itself so people can see more of the things. But we definitely need to reorder them, though. I say we go by the name of the article the statement came from. (Or to whatever it refers, like the sripping hippo in the Japanese/European LA.) 17:36, 13 January 2010 (UTC)