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A fact from Gig economy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that "gig" in "gig economy" comes from the slang term for individual appearances by performing artists?
I'm unclear why this doesn't have a dedicated page and instead redirects to gig worker? Surely there has been a lot of activity around the term, it's history and various use, enough to justify a full page?
The 2nd sentence of the article now says: "The gig economy is composed of corporate entities, workers and consumers." For the last four years the article has redirected to gig worker, which is only one of the three parts of the gig economy. That should clarify why this article should exist as a separate subject. The article is not high caliber right now, but I think it should survive a WP:AFD because of this clarification.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:32, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@TonyTheTiger: Thanks for tagging me, I'll review!
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. No further edits should be made to this page.
Be advised that this article existed in article space for a month and a half in 2018. It was then redirected to temporary work for a year and a half and then gig worker for 4 years. I can find no evidence of a WP:AFD, WP:CSD or WP:PROD in this article's history. I think it should have its own article. The current second sentence explains why redirecting it to gig worker is not sufficient ("The gig economy is composed of corporate entities, workers and consumers"). This is a current WP:VA5 nominee.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:44, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]