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			Might come back when "they" stop EATING THE DOGS, EATING THE CATS, EATING THE PETS... Poor old Springfield. ] <small>(])</small> 15:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
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	... that according to ''Guinness World Records'', the ] ''(pictured)'' is currently the leader in the ''']'''?

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	This is currently in ]. While it's technically true that ''Guinness'' says that, the article lists four peppers which are hotter, but haven't been certified by ''Guinness''. Even if it were unquestionably the hottest, such a dry fact would still make a really blah hook for such a spicy subject, especially since the article has some facts which are actually interesting.
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	... that a pepper which "kind of opened the floodgates" in the ''']''' was being studied by the Indian army for weaponization?

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	Although the use of pepper spray by individuals for protection, or police for crowd control, may be familiar to some readers, I find it interesting that an army would consider weaponizing peppers.
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			== ''The Signpost'': 19 October 2024 ==
	Other facts which could possibly be turned into hooks:
	*The '''pepper pod'''caster's quote that the race is "a hugely controversial war – there are scandals, accusations of cheating, death threats"
	*The bottle of hot sauce that sold for US$595
	*The 2013 quote speculating that Scorpion peppers had the potential to become the second- or third-highest yielding crop behind marijuana
	And probably others. ] (]) 08:58, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	:Pinging article creator {{ping\|Valereee}}. ] (]) 18:11, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::The hook was the suggestion of the reviewer. I like it, myself, as I think a ton of people will be interested in the hottest pepper. It's true there are other contenders who are claiming to be hotter, but it's also true the current 'official' hottest pepper according to Guinness is the Carolina Reaper, so for me that isn't a problem. I really like the image as it's colorful, and it wouldn't work with the suggested hook ideas. I'm open to different opinions, but I guess I kind of disagree this is a blah hook. --] (]) 18:51, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::I promoted the hook and I agree with Valereee's reasoning. I guess the hook could say something along the lines of "the official leader", but I believe such a change to be from nitpicking. ] (]) 18:57, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	:::I also like the hook and image and was going to promote it, but {{u\|SL93}} beat me to it. ] (]) 20:00, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::::The hook is basically saying that the race has a leader, which I find very uninteresting. If you bring ] up to good article status, this might make a good hook for ''that'' article, because it actually says something about the pepper. The current hook says nothing interesting about the race to grow the hottest pepper. There are lots of colorful images in the article and an appropriate one could be used with just about any hook. Incidentally, reviewers shouldn't be reviewing their own hooks. ] (]) 20:10, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::::::{{re\|SL93}} {{Re\|Yoninah}} {{Re\|Valereee}} A good point has been made here, in that the nomination reviewer wrote ALT1a, reviewed the ALT himself, and then passed the nomination himself. This should not have happened. There should have been an uninvolved party reviewing the hook. And because that was the hook used, an uninvolved party should have passed the nomination. ] (]) 20:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	:::::::{{re\|Maile66}} I disagree. It was just a hook that was a tweak of Valereee's own hook. Valareee's '''ALT''' was "... that the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper, according to Guinness World Records?" '''ALT1a''' was "that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper?" ] (]) 20:55, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::::::::{{re\|SL93}} What you say is true, but he signed his name to the hook. Technicality? I leave this issue up to others in this conversation.] (]) 21:00, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	:::::::::That's fine, but I will say that we can just use the non-tweaked hook. ] (]) 21:02, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	:::::::::I will leave the discussion about whether the hook is interesting or not to other editors. It's so subjective at times and I think that discussions of whether an approved hook is interesting is very boring. ] (]) 21:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
	::::::::::*{{ping\|SL93}} what you're saying is not correct. ] and {{u\|Valereee}} accepted it . In future, you just have to call for a new reviewer, or review it yourself and not promote it. ] (]) 23:14, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
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	::In a NEW development, I've decided that for every request I get, I'll try to pluck a random GAN from the backlog too. Ain't that nice?! ] <small>(])</small> 16:14, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
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