Talk:Rats (advertisement)

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 05:17, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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Frame from the "Rats" advertisement

• ... that during the 2000 United States presidential election, Republicans were accused of using subliminal messaging in a campaign ad (pictured) to associate Democratic nominee Al Gore with the word "rats"?

• Source: ABC News

• • ALT1: ... that the Republican National Committee was accused of using subliminal messaging to link Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore to the word "rats" in a 2000 campaign advertisement (pictured)? Source: ABC News
  • ALT2: ... that the Republican National Committee ran an ad (pictured) during the 2000 United States presidential election that may have used subliminal messaging to link Democratic nominee Al Gore to the word "rats"? Source: ABC News
  • ALT3: ... that during the 2000 United States presidential election, a Republican campaign ad (pictured) was accused of using subliminal messaging to associate Democratic nominee Al Gore with the word "rats"? Source: ABC News
  • ALT4: ... that during the 2000 United States presidential election, a campaign ad (pictured) was accused of using subliminal messaging to associate one of the candidates with the word "rats"? Source: ABC News
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Created by Aesurias (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 09:56, 25 June 2026 (UTC).

• This is a good hook, but I think all the alt versions are a bit long - we don't need quite that much context. Maybe " ... that Republicans were accused of subliminally associating Al Gore with "rats"?" Otherwise, article is in good shape, eligible, and there's no evidence of copyvio nor QPQ needed. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:37, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I worry that that alternative would not give enough context. Many people don't know who Al Gore is. Explicitly defining when it happened (2000) and who he was (the Democratic nominee) helps with that. ALT3 and ALT4 were alternatives that some other editors helped work on to shorten it. If most of the hooks provide too much context, I think ALT4 is a good compromise. Also, given that there is an image attached, it would be hard to work that in to the hook you proposed because it doesn't explicitly state that it was in a campaign ad. aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 04:41, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Just following up on this, @Generalissima :) aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 03:18, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

I don't see anything disqualifying in any case, but I do think it's still a bit too long. I can leave a decision on that to whoever promotes it though. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:20, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Nice start!

Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 11:08, 25 June 2026 (UTC)