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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that movie characters like Pennywise have been cited as contributing to some people's fear of clowns?
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On 30 August 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from It (character) to Pennywise. The result of the discussion was moved.

Did you know nomination

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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: promoted by Kingsif talk 22:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

Improved to Good Article status by Gommeh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 326 past nominations.

Laun chba ller 19:24, 28 September 2025 (UTC).[reply ]

  • I think we are within a reasonable limit for a GA with such an interesting hook, Launchballer. I am satisfied that Pokelego999 provided a very thorough GA review. I would strongly advise dropping the pipe and naming Pennywise explicitly. The character is sufficiently well-known to attract attention with its name alone, and even for those who do not recognize it, I think the name is attention-grabbing. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. It's a shame that the article 2016 clown sightings is not nominated alongside it. If only someone interested in clowns would take it to GA... Surtsicna (talk) 09:12, 10 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Now I think about it, this would be good for the Halloween set, and I think we'd be rushing to process the clown sightings article before then. ALT1: ... that the Stephen King character Pennywise has been blamed for a 2016 rash of evil clown sightings?--Laun chba ller 21:31, 11 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
I think this nomination was submitted 8 days after the page was made a GA, but I'll allow it for such a great hook. QPQ is done, page is long enough, and WP:EARWIG says violation unlikely and only catches a direct quote. Hook is verified in the page. Alt0 and Alt1 are both good. I think this will be a good hook for the Halloween set! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:16, 12 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
@Gommeh, Launchballer, and ArtemisiaGentileschiFan: Reviewing for promotion to the Halloween prep area and I went through all the sources in the section on the 2016 clown sightings. I couldn't find any that said the character Pennywise was being blamed for the 2016 sightings. The only source that even mentions Pennywise and the 2016 sightings is this one, and it simply says that One theory has it that the upswing in "killer clown" antics is linked to the release of novelist Stephen King's new film, It. It didn't say who's making that theory or that there's "blame" involved. There are some other sourcing problems; for example, for the hook fact (Several newspaper articles suggested that the character of Pennywise was an influence, which led to King commenting that people should react less hysterically to the sightings and not take his work seriously), what's offered is a 2014 source that doesn't mention Stephen King's response at all and cannot obviously be used as a source for 2016 events. Thoughts? Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:55, 22 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Good catch, I suppose an alt hook will be needed. Perhaps, ALT2: ... that the Stephen King character Pennywise was inspired by the fairy tale "Three Billy Goats Gruff"? source: https://ew.com/books/stephen-king-ultimate-companion-book-most-interesting-facts/ ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 23:45, 22 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
I'd be OK with that too. Gommeh 📖 🎮 01:18, 23 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
ALT2 checks out, but I placed a dispute tag on the citation mentioned above where verification failed. This should be cleaned up prior to promotion. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:01, 23 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Not sure if it helps, but I just found [1], which says "Pennywise was believed to have inspired a clown hysteria in 2016 following a rash of scary clown sightings".--Laun chba ller 02:15, 23 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
I removed nine tenths of that section per WP:WEIGHT, including the tagged phrase. There's no way any of it met WP:GACR#3b, so I'm tempted to ping the GA reviewer to explain themselves. I can live with ALT2, although perhaps the fairy tale's name is extraneous, and would also suggest ALT0a: ... that a Stephen King character has been suggested as inspiring a 2016 rash of scary clown sightings?.--Laun chba ller 03:34, 23 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Approving Launchballer's ALT0a. There's one remaining slot in the Halloween-themed Prep 6 and I would recommend this hook in particular for its interest and relevance, but can't promote a hook I'm approving obviously. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:07, 24 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]


Woh mention

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Last month, I added a sentence about the Indian adaptation Woh, which was removed: In Woh , a 1998 Hindi-language television adaptation of It, Pennywise is portrayed by the actor Lilliput.[1]

References

  1. ^ Seibold, Witney (2023年07月10日). "Who Played The Best Pennywise? Here's What /Film Readers Had To Say". SlashFilm. Retrieved 2025年10月24日.

I think it's worth discussing whether or not it's due to mention Woh. On one hand, it's an obscure adaptation that doesn't receive much coverage alongside the other It adaptations. On the other hand, the page may not be considered comprehensive if it leaves out one of the character's appearances and actors. What do you all think? Is Woh worth a mention? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 18:34, 24 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

It was removed as WP:UNDUE and I agree that it shouldn't be mentioned in the text of the article for English Wikipedia. Possibly there could be a link to Woh in "See also". Sundayclose (talk) 19:01, 24 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Agreed, it is WP:UNDUE, that is why I removed it. Gommeh 📖 🎮 19:29, 24 November 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Good to know an adaptation of the book with the same Pennywise character in it counts as "UNDUE" these days. HUMANXANTHRO (What you say about his company is what you say about society) 01:17, 4 February 2026 (UTC) [reply ]
It is not the same character, it's a character based on Pennywise which is substantially different from Pennywise himself. Any discussion about the characters of Woh would probably be better suited for the Woh article than here. Gommeh (talk! sign!) 13:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) [reply ]
Well the Woh article does exist to discuss those versions of the characters, yes, it would be only be a paragraph we would be devoting to talking about those differences. A substantially different version of Pennywise is still Pennywise. The characters in Woh may not share the same name or be exactly the same as the book or other page-to-projector works, but it's still the same seven group of outcast kids and adults fighting the same child-eating monster clown terrorizing a small town. It's an Indian version of the source material, and creative liberties, even huge ones, are in screen versions of written fiction all the time. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining was despised by Stephen King himself for deviating so much from the book, including changing the room number like Jimmy McGill turned 1261 into 1216, it may as well be its own haunted hotel movie, but we wouldn't say talking about Nicholson's Jack Torrance or Duvall's Wendy Torrance would be UNDUE to discuss in articles on those characters, would we? HUMANXANTHRO (What you say about his company is what you say about society) 16:17, 4 February 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Miniseries, telly and films

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Would 'television and films' be more appropriate? Or film and television? Halbared (talk) 19:15, 22 December 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

I mean, I dunno. Whatever works with the other users. HUMANXANTHRO (What you say about his company is what you say about society) 16:18, 4 February 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

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