Talk:Hang the DJ

How was the song related to this episode?

This neeeds explaining in the analysis section — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:A61F:1900:2162:88D1:999:68D4 (talk) 19:53, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

What song are you referring to? Please sign your posts by typing four tildes at the end (~~~~). -- Radiphus 19:56, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

I assume Panic (The Smiths song), for which the episode is named (also the music played at the end). This article gives an explanation a go:

Legend has it that Morrissey and Johnny Marr wrote the lyric "Hang the DJ," as a protest against a specific DJ named Steve Wright, whom they despised because of his insipid taste and adherence to a kind of corporate approach to music. So, the idea of singing "hang the DJ," was about rejecting the music being played for you, to think for yourself, to rebel.

No doubt there already is or soon will be an interview where Charlie Brooker (or Jones etc.) explain their reasoning, though I can't look for one right now. — Bilorv_(talk)^(c)(e) 03:51, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, i didn't know about the song. The song's relation with the episode should certainly be mentioned in the article. If not in production, then in the analysis section if there is enough coverage. I am too sleepy to focus on that at the moment. -- Radiphus 04:07, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Location of Cabins?

Does anyone know the location of the cabins in this episode? 95.172.233.137 (talk) 03:34, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

I have been looking for and yet to find an RS that states where this episode was shot. --Masem (t) 03:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 23 February 2018

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The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the pages at this time, per the discussion below. Per Radiphus, this may be worth revisiting in the future when it can be made more clear whether the current page views are or are not due to recent events. Dekimasuよ! 19:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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• Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) → Hang the DJ
• Hang the DJ → Hang the DJ (disambiguation)

– The Black Mirror episode page receives over an order of magnitude more views than anything else mentioned at the dab page ([1]). It is currently #2242 on the list of most visited WP pages in the last week (whereas the Smiths themselves are not on the list). Google brings the Black Mirror WP page to the top of the list, at least for me ([2]).

I think the only page that could reasonably contest the BM page for the primary topic is Panic (The Smiths song), but this is not the name of a song, merely a lyric from it, so it should not be the most common search term for that page. Though the BM episode is still relatively new, there is precedent to suggest it will remain a highly viewed page. Take as an example, a 2011 BM episode's pageviews from 2017 - [3] - it is still receiving a minimum of 2000 views even outside of the bursts that are caused by releases of new series (or BM receiving awards etc.). — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 11:34, 23 February 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. —usernamekiran(talk) 06:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support: The episode article is the primary topic and the move should be performed as proposed per WP:DABNAME. -- Radiphus 12:38, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Even if the episode falls off hard in interest in the future, it's competing with a specific lyric rather than the name of the song, so this has a good argument to be the primary topic. SnowFire (talk) 20:41, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose WP:RECENT, it won't kill folk to be able to find the article. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
• Support There is no way the documentary of the same title will ever be as noteworthy as the Black Mirror episode, which has had far, far more coverage and recognition already. --SubSeven (talk) 00:24, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

I agree with that, and i would like to provide some stats that can prove that, in response to the editors that have based their arguement on WP:RECENT. The episodes of the third series, that was released in October 2016, get 4,300 pageviews daily on average (25,847 / 6), while the episodes of the fourth series, that was released in December 2017, get 4,980 pageviews daily on average (29,871 / 6). We have already decided that a primary topic flip is justified for the third series episode "Hated in the Nation" in the discussion of the requested move, where "recentism" was not an issue. Meanwhile, "Hang the DJ (film)" has only ten pageviews daily on average and "The Sound of The Smiths" has sixty-four pageviews. The pageviews for these two articles could increase only because i have linked to them in this talk page, just like the article for "Panic (The Smiths song)" went from 70 pageviews to 3,000 pageviews the day the episode was released. Still, nowhere near to a daily average of 3,000 - 5,000 pageviews and "Hang the DJ" being merely a lyric from the song. As Bilorv said, there is precedent to suggest this article will remain a highly viewed page, with about a hundred times more daily pageviews than the other two articles in the DAB page. There is no reason to make the life of the readers difficult because of WP:RECENT. -- Radiphus 10:44, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose WP:RECENT, and the well-known lyric is part of the disambig page, as it is often confused for the title of the song. With that, and knowing that the lyric is the origin of the episode's title, there is WP:NOPRIMARY. -- Netoholic @ 06:05, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Too much focus on the recentism of this episode. As the three possible topics are all playing in a pop culture space, I don't think any of them qualify as the primary topic. --Masem (t) 07:19, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose WP:RECENTISM and it's harmless to have people navigate through a disambiguation._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 09:43, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Requested move 16 August 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:43, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

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• Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) → Hang the DJ
• Hang the DJ → Hang the DJ (disambiguation)

– It's been almost a year and a half since we last had the same discussion. Three out of the four editors who had opposed the move request at that time had cited WP:RECENT, which i believe should not be relevant today. Since the discussion was closed on 3 March 2018, Hang the DJ (Black Mirror) has been receiving daily 1.943 pageviews on average. The Sound of The Smiths receives 61 pageviews and Hang the DJ (film) receives 5 pageviews. It's clear to me that this episode article is and will remain the primary topic for the term "Hang the DJ" in the future. Radiphus (talk) 08:15, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose RECENT still applies as long as Black Mirror remains a ongoing series. I am certain that one can track numbers from the Black Mirror S5 premiere to see a boost in numbers here because of continued interest in the series. That's not a good reason to put a currently popular culture topic over any of the other popular culture topics given. --Masem (t) 14:51, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Could you please explain the difference between "Hang the DJ" and "Hated in the Nation"? The latter was moved from Hated in the Nation (Black Mirror) to Hated in the Nation 15 months after its release (it's been 20 months since "Hang the DJ" was released). Black Mirror was an ongoing series then as it is now, and that popular culture topic was put over Hated in the Nation (album), another popular culture topic. I also do not understand why you are highlighting the fact that they are all popular culture topics (note that one of them doesn't even have the term "Hang the DJ" in its title). We are not having this discussion in order to judge which topic deserves more attention by the readers. The sole purpose of this discussion is to determine the best way to help the readers find the topic they are looking for more easily. I also do not understand why the fact that Black Mirror is an ongoing series should affect our decision. What if Brooker decides to make 10 more seasons, 5 more specials and 5 more interactive films? Will we still be having the same discussion in 2040, while 97% of the readers looking for the term "Hang the DJ" want to read this episode article? If RECENT is a reason to not move "Hang the DJ" now, we should opt for consistency and move "Hated in the Nation" back to its previous page name. Radiphus (talk) 15:40, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

I wasn't involved in that, but we're talking one episode of a show broadcasted internationally vs some relatively obscure album; there, RECENT considerations still would suggest the episode has a longer impact. Whereas here, we have the show against a minor documentary and one of the alt names of an album by an influential group. Here, I think we can't make an easy distinction between at least the episode and album. In 20 years, I would probably think the album and the episode have "equal weight", which is why RECENTISM can be taken into account. --Masem (t) 16:22, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Let's say in 20 years the minor documentary gets 5, and both The Smiths album and this episode article get 60 pageviews a day (very doubtful, considering that Black Mirror is an anthology series). What about WP:PRIMARYUSAGE? If you google "hang the dj the smiths" you will either find the lyrics to "Panic", references to the Black Mirror episode or the unofficial release "Hang The DJ (Thrice!)". I have to reach page three only to find an ebay link. What i am saying, is that people don't use the term "Hang the DJ" to search for the album anyway. Also "Hang the DJ: The Very Best of the Smiths" is not an alternate title of the album, it's an abandoned title. For example, these reviews from Rolling Stone and The Guardian don't even mention the words "Hang the DJ". Radiphus (talk) 17:22, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

One important difference is that "Hated in the Nation" is a WP:2DABPRIMARY situation. Colin M (talk) 00:16, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I think you meant to say that "Hated in the Nation" is a WP:ONEOTHER situation. How does this affect this discussion? Radiphus (talk) 12:16, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

No, I meant WP:2DABPRIMARY. My understanding of that essay is that it says that in situations where there are only two topics associated with a term, the threshold for there being a primary topic should be lower. I was giving a potential answer to your question Could you please explain the difference between "Hang the DJ" and "Hated in the Nation"?. Colin M (talk) 14:43, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I understood that this was in answer to that question, but you didn't explain how it's relevant. For example, the essay says that "60% of pageviews threshold would likely be unacceptable to qualify a topic for primary status when there are three or more topics of that name". There are two reasons why this does not apply here and shouldn't affect this discussion. First, even with the recent addition of "Panic" to the DAB page, the episode article receives 90% of the pageviews (not 60%). Second, the film is the only other topic of the same name (they are not three or more) for which one could argue that readers are actually searching for using the term "Hang the DJ". Radiphus (talk) 15:34, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

It's relevant insofar as it's an answer to your question. You presented the example of "Hated in the Nation", and asked why this case is any different. I gave you one important difference: "Hated in the Nation" is a WP:2DABPRIMARY situation and "Hang the DJ" is not. Therefore the Black Mirror episode being found to be primary in the "Hated in the Nation" case does not imply the same result is appropriate here, even if the the relative pageview stats and long-term significance are comparable. I'm not expressing opposition to the proposed move, just pointing out an important difference between these two cases which you failed to account for in your analysis. Colin M (talk) 16:31, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

My question was directed at Masem, and it was followed by specific counter-arguements, not an analysis. There are many more differences to point out besides 2DABPRIMARY. In the case of HTDJ for example, three of the topics listed in the disambiguation page get their titles from another listed topic (the lyrics to "Panic"), while for HITN there is no connection between the episode and the music album. I was only focusing on Masem's objections, so your contribution in this mini-conversation between me and him could be perceived as being in support of the side opposing the proposal (you implied a higher threshold to determine the primary topic in the case of HTDJ, but failing to explain how 2DABPRIMARY affects this discussion, i was left to believe you thought this threshold was not met by the episode article). In any case, i consider this deviation from the main discussion over. Radiphus (talk) 17:25, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

• Support per overwhelming pageview difference. In fairness, Panic (The Smiths Song) should probably be included as well, but at 100-200 pageviews a day, it still doesn't matter. Recentism is "take recent events with a grain of salt" but sometimes the disparity in notability really is huge. The fact that Black Mirror is a continuing series is a testament to the continued importance of it, not a mark against it. SnowFire (talk) 17:50, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
• Strong support per very similar reasons to last time. There is one other notable topic called "Hang the DJ", Hang the DJ (film), and it is very obvious that it is less notable than this episode, based on the amount of critical commentary each received. The other topics have been a full order of magnitude less popular for a good 18 months now, which shows that it is the enduring primary topic. Yes you can follow the spikes as new series of the programme are released but even counting only the ebbs, it's still "much more likely than any other single topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined" to be the place the reader is looking for. I do not claim that the episode is more notable than The Sound of The Smiths but only one is actually named "Hang the DJ", and the latter doesn't even contain a song named "Hang the DJ", merely one lyric on one song. Similar argument for Panic (The Smiths song). — Bilorv (talk) 10:33, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
• Comment I believe that with the following hatnote at the top of this page, after it has been renamed, everyone would be able to find what they are looking for with no difficulty:
  This article is about the episode of the television series Black Mirror. For the music documentary, see Hang the DJ (film). For other uses, see Hang the DJ (disambiguation). Radiphus (talk) 16:04, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
• Support per page views. Calidum 02:42, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
• Support as per above as well as per page views, Clearly the PT here.. –Dave | Davey2010^Talk 22:17, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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Reception

Where's a reception section? 37.21.96.235 (talk) 20:50, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

It's not been written yet, but one should be. You're welcome to begin one—it would be a great help to us. Look to other Black Mirror episode articles for examples. — Bilorv (talk) 22:14, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

(Voila.) — Bilorv (talk) 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hang the DJ/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 19:38, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• "Amy and Frank are one of 1000 simulations " isn't it more like "Amy and Frank's story is one of 1000 simulations"? I know what you're saying but it's more their interactions than them that are the simulations.
• "dating app" - this redirects to "online dating application", perhaps we should, as an encyclopedia, be more "application" than "app".
• "They are matched for 12 hours" -> "They are matched together for 12 hours".
• I think it's worth noting somehow that the "matchees" are told how long they are to spend together, it's important because it's (at least initially) non-negotiable...
  • Does "... use a circular tablet called "Coach" that matches them with partners for fixed periods of time" not communicate this properly? — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• "pointlessness of it." which "it", the matching, the sex, life in general?
  • "over the matches' pointlessness" — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• (interesting: the recalibration happens because of dishonesty [I guess] but there was no recalibration when Frank deliberately pissed off his Welsh date by eating the garlic dip... "everything happens for a reason".)
  • Ugh, I think this "recalibrating" thing is really forced and just there to make the plot work. I think they could have done better with more time on the script. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• I like the idea that in this simulation Amy says "what if ... we're stuck in a simulation?" Worth mentioning?
  • Oh, you do...!
• "Amy notices that whenever she skips ..." this happens after the recalibration.
• "by The Smiths "-> "by the Smiths"
• "The 12 episode order " I've missed this before, I think it should be "12-episode order" as 12-episode is being used adjectively here.
• "caused a structural issue " any more on this?
  • The quote is Nick Pitt [producer]: At one point during script development, that moment gave us a structural problem and we discussed getting rid of it. But we sensed its power and Charlie found the dramatic shoehorn that eased whatever the structural problem was. I would take a wild guess that the issue was something like, "how can the relationship time rapidly decrease, causing the relationship to end with Amy angry, when we also need them to be deeply affectionate to run away together?" And then they introduced the few month break and "farewell" idea. But it could well be many other things. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• "didn't" did not.
• "The pair did a " dislike "did" perhaps "performed"?
• "Collins described" He described.
• (Apparently MOS hates Collins' instead mandating Collins's, but I'll overlook it if you somehow forget to do that)
  • I thought both were grammatically fine but I have actually been trying to use "s's" consistently so I'll change it. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• " to their partners" who?
  • Not sure if this was correct or not but I've found "Jones and Brooker found that their partners did not understand initial cuts of the ending", which I think is more succinct anyway. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• "to The Good Place (2016–20)" if you want the year range in there, make it 2016–2020 per MOS.
• "Sophie Gilbert of The Atlantic saw" link The Atlantic here rather than the next sentence.
• "During the episode..." I would reiterate "During "Hang the DJ"" at this point as you've discussed other works in the meantime.
• Ref 37 title should be Episode 4, right?
  • Whoops, yes. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• " excluding Bandersnatch by " link that episode.
• Pedant: "three British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) " well two are listed as "BAFTA Awards" and one is listed as a "BAFTA Craft Award", so should they be distinguished in the prose as well as the table?
  • From the conversations I've had about BAFTAs in the past, I think the difference between "BAFTA [Main Ceremony]" and "BAFTA Craft" can blur a little (categories switching etc.) so I think "three BAFTAs" is better than "two BAFTAs and a BAFTA Craft". It would be fine to give them the same table label as well but the different names allow for different links to the specific year/ceremony article. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
• Ref 21 and 45 piped to different "Vultures".

That's all. I wrote the initial notes while watching the episode so apologies that some become superseded as I read the rest of the article! Thanks for the chance to review, on hold while we chat these over. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 21:20, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Good stuff, replied to them all. — Bilorv (talk) 23:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: just checking this didn't get buried deep down at the bottom of a watchlist. — Bilorv (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, I did see you'd replied and then somehow forgot to do anything about it. Tsk. All is literally good here, so I've promoted. Looking forward to the next one. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:38, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Good stuff, no worries. Only three left and they might be some of the more, um, controversial episodes but hopefully there'll be something of value to revisit in each of them. — Bilorv (talk) 20:54, 24 February 2021 (UTC)