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A fact from James Ortiz appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that puppeteer James Ortiz thought that his voice would be replaced in Project Hail Mary?

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that puppeteer James Ortiz thought his voice would be replaced in Project Hail Mary?

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/project-hail-mary-rocky-puppeteer-alien-1236694834/

- ALT1: ... that the voice of Rocky in the film Project Hail Mary is an Obie Award–winning puppet designer? Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/project-hail-mary-rocky-actor-james-ortiz-ryan-gosling-1236656379/
- ALT2: ... that the voice of Rocky in the film Project Hail Mary directs operas? Source: https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-features/article/Opera-Saratoga-s-Z-233-mire-et-Azor-fresh-11263511.php
- Reviewed:
- Comment: I suspect ALT0 is the most interesting hook here, open to rephrasing. He has a fascinating career, so there may be lots of possible alts. There are commons photos available that are not yet in the article.

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

—BrechtBro (talk) 02:18, 23 March 2026 (UTC).Reply

I'll review this article. Richard Nevell (talk) 23:03, 23 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - On verifiability, the text typically follows the sources but I spotted two instances where some changes might be in order. The article says that Ortiz “designed and directed Zémire et Azor for Opera Saratoga” but the cited source mentions him once where he is described as “scenic designer as well as the creator of the elaborate Azor”. Also the article says Ortiz “went to Purchase College, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting in 2010”; the cited source does not explicitly state the degree or that Ortiz graduated (though the latter is a reasonable inference). Perhaps this should be changed to “went to Purchase College where he studied acting”?

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: An interesting subject and hook – I reckon option 0 is the best. Spot checks showed no problems with copyright (I checked the Variety [March], Times Union, and Theatre Development Fund sources) and a couple of minor verifiability issues are mentioned above. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:28, 24 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Richard Nevell: Thanks for the review. I have swapped the Times Union review for one from WAMC, which does name him as director, I didn't catch that. IDegree should be deducible from what's written in TDF but I've added an additional explicit source to the article. —BrechtBro (talk) 00:55, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
- @BrechtBro: The changes look good to me, now marking this as approved. Richard Nevell (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2026 (UTC)Reply