Talk:Nogizaka Kōjichū

Did you know nomination

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.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:39, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that for the TV show Nogizaka Under Construction, male comedian Yūki Himura cross-dressed as "Himuko" and danced with girl group Nogizaka46 at their 2017 arena concert? Source: '"Nogizaka46 x Himuko" is in close contact with the back side of the TV Tokyo Music Festival collaboration!' https://thetv.jp/news/detail/115196/; 'Nogizaka46 's national tour "Nogizaka46 Midsummer National Tour 2017" was performed in Tokyo yesterday on July 2nd at the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium in Tokyo, and Bananaman Himura played a surprise appearance.' https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/239195
  • ALT1: ... that the comedy duo Bananaman have become known as the girl group Nogizaka46's "official older brothers" after years of hosting their television show, Nogizaka Under Construction? Source: https://realsound.jp/2017/07/post-91992.html
  • ALT2: ... that episodes of the TV Tokyo late-night show Nogizaka Under Construction are uploaded to YouTube shortly after broadcast, which is considered unusual in Japanese media?
  • Comment: for DYK, maybe the English redirect title is better

Created by Petewarrior (talk). Self-nominated at 06:38, 30 April 2022 (UTC).

• While I think the first hook is the best option here, it's a bit complicated or hard to read. It might work better if the mention of "Himuko" is moved closer to the start of the article because I think readers unfamiliar with Nogizaka46 or Japanese idols in general may find that angle more interesting. In addition, I think an alternative hook about the show being uploaded for free on YouTube and that being considered "unusual" by Japanese standards may be worth proposing as another alternate hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:07, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
  • @Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the cross-dressing angle is more interesting and have reworded as you suggested. Also added the second alternative, although I certainly would much prefer the main one. PetéWarrior (talk) 10:10, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
• Article meets DYK requirements, no close paraphrasing found. No QPQ needed for a nominator with less than five nominations. I'm not really a fan of ALT1 due to possible nichness concerns and as such I have struck it. I'm a bit torn between ALT0 and ALT2: as I have an interest in Japanese pop culture, I'm not sure if I'm the best person to give an objective opinion on if either is interesting to a broad audience, so I'd like to ask for a second opinion from someone more unfamiliar with the field. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:23, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment: ALT2 is easier to understand. It also opens up just enough questions for the reader to want to learn more: What exactly is this show "Nogizaka Under Construction"? Where can I find it on YouTube to check it out and find out more? ALT0 is super confusing and has too many things going on, too many other blue links to click, etc.. If you really want to keep ALT0, I think you have to let go of the stadium pic (which probably wouldn't have been chosen by the DYK gods anyway) – sorry but that's a photo of the outside of Meiji Jingu Stadium, not really an image that somehow encapsulates the TV show or Nogizaka46, and it's just one element too many with so many things to keep track of in the hook. Then address the "too many blue links" problem by getting rid of the wikilink for "cross-dressing" (a pretty general term) and possibly one additional one. Hope that helps. Cielquiparle (talk) 13:09, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Approved to proceed based on earlier DYK review by Narutolovehinata5 plus reworking of hooks. Let the DYK prep/promoter choose between ALT0 and ALT2. Cielquiparle (talk) 14:53, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you! PetéWarrior (talk) 15:15, 8 June 2022 (UTC)