Talk:Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way

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A fact from Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in July 2018, U2 topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for the first time in seventeen years with "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"?

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@Bilorv: Removed per request. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:01, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

ALT0 approved. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 00:08, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Bilorv and MrLinkinPark333: I was about to move this to a prep, but the wording is a bit iffy in ALT0. How about: ... that it had been seventeen years since U2 topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart until "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" peaked in July 2018? Anarchyte (work | talk) 09:51, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a "that" to ALT0, but I don't see any other wording issues (possibly "had" could be "had had"). Your suggestion sounds quite strange to me—I don't like that use of "until". Change it to a "when" and I would be happy. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 11:09, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Bilorv: The problem with "had had" can be mitigated by changing it to the "topped" suggestion. I don't mind whether we use until or when. What do you say to ALT2:

ALT2: ~~...that it had been seventeen years since U2 topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart when "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" peaked in July 2018?~~ Anarchyte (work | talk) 11:35, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, looks good to me! — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 11:58, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Anarchyte: |If ALT2 works better with grammar, then I'll support it too. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 15:50, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing works better grammatically with the passive construction of "had". Try:
ALT3: ... that in July 2018, U2 topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for the first time in 17 years with "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"? Yoninah (talk) 23:09, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: I like the sound of that as well. Hopefully it does not lose the energy of the hook. I had issues with grammar before I submitted these hooks. Hope this third version work best. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 23:20, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I also like ALT3. Anarchyte (work | talk) 02:25, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 12:03, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. @Bilorv: please restore your tick. Yoninah (talk) 12:52, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

— Bilorv_(c)(talk) 13:18, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]