Talk:Wired Style

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Zzz plant (talk) 17:14, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the 1990s Wired magazine style guide defines WTFIGO and userid, but not WTF or username? Source: McCulloch 2015
  • Reviewed: MBTA safety crisis and Wolf's Lair (Los Angeles)

Moved to mainspace by Theleekycauldron (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 84 past nominations.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:43, 7 June 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this! Staraction (talk · contribs) 01:32, 8 June 2026 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Earwig's tool is yellow because of some quotes in the "Reception" section but they are properly attributed and limited in scope. I was slightly suspicious of quickly became influential in the Silicon Valley scene for neutrality reasons, but it is explicitly backed up in the provided source from Slate. The polling statistic in "Background and publication" lost me a little; I think it would be better if it was specifically attributed (something like A poll conducted by [x] showed...), but that's minor enough a squabble that I don't think it should hold up a DYK review, especially since everything else looks well-written. I'll mark this as good to go. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 01:47, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

• done – thanks, Staraction! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 03:48, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Neologisms

@Theleekycauldron: I don't think WTFIGO and userid work, do the links need fixing somehow? TSventon (talk) 20:52, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

@TSventon: I think there just aren't entries for them? I can create them, I guess. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:53, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Fortunately you know more about editing Wiktionary than I do. TSventon (talk) 01:21, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

WTFIGO link to a Wiktionary page that does not exist

Came here from the did you know entry on the main page wanting to find out what "WTFIGO" meant ~2026-37249-53 (talk) 01:25, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Welcome to the club; see Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors#Current DYK. Also, it means "what the fuck is going on". Renerpho (talk) 01:33, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@Renerpho thanks. I actually went ahead and added the definition on the Wiktionary page, so I guess it's not an error anymore ~2026-37249-53 (talk) 01:39, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

thank you!! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 01:40, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks -- that just leaves "userid". Renerpho (talk) 01:49, 28 June 2026 (UTC) Actually, userid has been relinked so it seems fine now. :) Renerpho (talk) 01:51, 28 June 2026 (UTC)