Talk:Jimmy Crystal

Did you know nomination

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected, closed by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 02:03, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the character's physical appearance was based on British TV personality Jimmy Savile?

• Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/29/cinemagoers-dressing-as-jimmy-savile-28-years-later-the-bone-temple

• • ALT1: ... that the character was designed as a Jimmy Savile–inspired figure? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/29/cinemagoers-dressing-as-jimmy-savile-28-years-later-the-bone-temple
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Created by AdobongPogi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

AdobongPogi ^{masarap 🍛} 16:05, 31 January 2026 (UTC).

• @AdobongPogi: Image fails WP:DYKDIVERT. I'm going to let a reviewer adjudicate on whether mentioning Savile violates WP:DYKGRAT, but please propose additional ALTs anyway.--Launchballer 23:48, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

• @Launchballer I'll remove the image ref and I focus on proposing (another) alternative hooks for the DYK.
  • ALT2: ...that the character in 28 Days Later was designed to resemble a well-known British television personality? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/29/cinemagoers-dressing-as-jimmy-savile-28-years-later-the-bone-temple
  • For ALT3: ...that the character appearance, including his wig and costume, was influenced by a British television personality? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/29/cinemagoers-dressing-as-jimmy-savile-28-years-later-the-bone-temple

AdobongPogi ^{masarap 🍛} 3:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC).

I think this one is on the wrong side of WP:DYKGRAT. With Savile taken out, a hook like "that a fictional character's appearance was based on that of a celebrity?" would be compeletely unremarkable and fail WP:DYKINT, so the only interest here comes from using Savile's crimes and reputation to generate shock value or a kind of dark humour. I would be open to alternative hooks which avoided this theme, though note that the nomination has already had one chance to take another run at the criteria. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 20:04, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

ALT4: ... that some Americans unknowingly offended Britons by cosplaying a fictional gang?

The contested info is moved off the main page. Bremps... 01:44, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

• Over 28 days later (ha) and there is still no movement. None of the proposed hooks give the reader sufficient context, let alone indicate what these hooks are about. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2026 (UTC)