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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

• ... that one critic felt that Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan lacked "pizazz"? Source: "It's definitely possible to get lost in the "gameplay" of Sea Trader...just don't expect a whole lot of "pizazz" while you do." ([1])
  • ALT1:... that Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan is a shipping simulation game for the Game Boy Advance? Source: "Never in a million years would you expect to see a game like Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan on the Game Boy Advance. It's a shipping simulation set in the days of yore, when pirates and sea serpents roamed the oceans." ([2])
  • ALT2:... that players can bribe customs officials in Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan? Source: "Money also comes into play when buying rounds of drinks to get the bartender to tell juicy rumors of lucrative situations, or bribing customs officials to carry the less-legal, more expensive booty as well as buying maps to gain access to the other parts of the world." ([3])

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)

Created by Nomader (talk). Self-nominated at 02:36, 4 July 2018 (UTC).

• The article is neutral, meets the required length, and is sufficiently referenced. Article created on 4 July, the same day as this nomination. Hooks are all interesting and sourced; I prefer the main hook, but all are fine. QPQ done. This is good to go! – Rhain ☔ 13:26, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

• Returned from prep for further work on the hook. Yoninah (talk) 21:38, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

• So this was removed from the prep area. @Yoninah: and @Rhain: on this one here-- suggested more interesting hook below:
  • ALT3: ... that players can bribe customs officials to offload illicit goods in Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan?
• It's really just a simulation game that's pretty cut and dry. Happy to have other suggestions here but it's the best I could do. Nomader (talk) 17:22, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks, Nomader, I think ALT3 is good. Even a cut and dried hook can be hooky if it's worded well. ALT3 hook ref verified and cited inline. ALT3 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:32, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

• ALT3 was the subject of a discussion at ERRORS and then pulled from prep for lacking hook interest. Nomader, if you don't have a good hook for this, we'll have to close this nomination. Yoninah (talk) 22:36, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

• Yeah, I've got nothing-- at this point, work is just absolutely taking over my life right now and I can't think of anything better on short notice. Really appreciate the ping from your end though-- thanks for being so thorough with this process. Nomader (talk) 22:42, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: courtesy ping here-- again, thanks for all the help here, I've got nothing. I didn't see it, but how long was it on the main page for before it was pulled? Nomader (talk) 22:46, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

@Nomader: it wasn't on the main page; it was in one of the queues waiting to go up. Yoninah (talk) 22:47, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

• Closing as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 23:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: FYI, I just suggested two ALTs at the discussion on the DYK discussion page here (sorry!). Nomader (talk) 23:23, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks. New hooks proposed:
• ALT4: ... that Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan keeps track of player's stats using battery save RAM? (IGN source, last paragraph)
• ALT5: ... that Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan features no skill or action-based sequences even though the player can fight pirates? (IGN source, last paragraph)
• Yoninah (talk) 23:44, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

• ALT7b (proposed by Gatoclass): ... that at the time of its release in 2002, economic simulations like Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan were relatively uncommon on handheld systems like the Game Boy Advance?

• Really like ALT6 here. Pinging for feedback from @Gatoclass:, @Yoninah:, and @Rhain:. Nomader (talk) 16:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

• ALT7b hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Rhain. ALT7b good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:28, 26 July 2018 (UTC)