Talk:Ray Garraty

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: rejected, closed by Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:01, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that after seeing Cooper Hoffman in Licorice Pizza, director Francis Lawrence thought of him first to portray Ray Garraty in The Long Walk?

• Source: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-long-walk-director-how-adapt-stephen-king-scariest-dystopia/

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Created by BellyKelly (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

BellyKelly (talk) 23:34, 23 August 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 15:16, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

• The article is new enough, long enough, cited to reliable sources, and is presentable (Earwig's good) – I've made some minor edits on formatting stuff. The hook is cited to a reliable source and is short enough. All images used in the article are licensed properly. The nominator has no past nominations, so QPQ is not required. However, I note that the last paragraph in the Characterisation section is only partially cited, so that needs resolving. Also, I'm not sure if this hook is interesting or not – I'm not the most familiar with films that were released in this decade, so I've asked other users on the "DYK hook workshop" thread on WP:DISCORD for their input. Pinging BellyKelly. Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 15:58, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

In the Discord thread, users TechnoSquirrel69, Finnfrog99, and Narutolovehinata5 (courtesy pinging them) didn't find the hook interesting, so the current hook is a no-go. Do you have any other alternatives, BellyKelly? Icepinner (Come to Hakurei Shrine!) 05:08, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

• No response from the nominator despite the above review and a ping, as well as activity elsewhere, so marking this for closure as abandoned. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:22, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

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Is there a way to make my thumbnail bigger? BellyKelly (talk) 19:07, 24 August 2026 (UTC)