First I've heard of it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I remember nominating list articles... but I didn't realize it was that long ago. I probably wouldn't nominate any of those as they are now today, or even as they were then today. I tended to be more likely to !vote delete back then than I am now. So yeah, to be clear, it's not me. My guess is that someone is just copying the boilerplate phrasing I used back then without much more to it than that.

One other small possibility... there's always been some trouble related to cartoon articles and subtle factual errors. Namely date changes, which is something I've brought up a number of times in the past. If there's any reason for anyone in that area to have beef with me it could be that, but I doubt that's related though. Let me know if you notice anything else fishy.