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A fact from Skyfall (song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Adele's theme for the James Bond film Skyfall went to number one in the UK's iTunes online store less than ten hours after it was released?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Skyfall (song).

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Proposed move

This song needs to be moved to Skyfall (Adele song).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:26, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No it doesn't. AARON• ^TALK 23:30, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It only needs to be moved if we have another song of the same name by a different artist. Paul MacDermott (talk) 16:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Hi, is anyone planning to put this forward for DYK? The five day limit expires tomorrow so if nobody objects I'll nominate it later tonight. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:23, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I was planning to do it. We can do it together if you want :P — ΛΧΣ21™ 18:49, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and nominated. I put the name of the creator, another bold contributor, yours and mine. — ΛΧΣ21™ 18:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks for doing that. I have a couple of other ideas for the hook so I'll add them as alts. Shame this missed the boat for today's Bond 50th anniversary, but perhaps it can be used when the film is released. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:40, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OMG the anniversary is today? LOL Yes a shame. And okay, add them :) — ΛΧΣ21™ 19:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I must confess I didn't know it was today until it was mentioned on Radio 2 this morning, and only realised this was eligible tonight as I was browsing through the page history. :) Have added two now which should hopefully be ok, and will look for some others. The film comes out of the 26th, so I'll make a note of it on the DYK page. Paul MacDermott (talk) 20:03, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We have the release of Dr. No in the anniversary section of the front page today, as it's the 50th anniversary, so I doubt that they will go with another Bond-related topic on the front page so soon. - SchroCat (^ • @) 20:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I noticed this after posting here. Three weeks will have elapsed by the time the film is released, but that could be too early I suppose. Sure there's plenty of other Bond anniversaries coming up though, if a little way off into the future just now. Two things I know of are the 60th anniversary of the publication of Casino Royale next April, and what would have been Ian Fleming's 105th birthday in May. Bound to be others though if it can't be used for the film. Paul MacDermott (talk) 21:08, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article was nominated for DYK on October 1. AARON• ^TALK 21:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reception

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/05/adeles-skyfall-theme-whats-the-verdict/

hope that helps (72.203.147.78 (talk) 21:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Blogs are not allowed to be used. AARON• ^TALK 21:44, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This particular blog contains evidence from multiple reliable sources such as the Los Angeles Times, People magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Surely an exception can be made considering this isn't just random people talking about how much they love the song (SuperCell3000 (talk) 00:15, 14 October 2012 (UTC))[reply]

No, it's still a blog and still not allowed. SchroCat (^ • @) 07:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the part about The Harvard Crimson. Since when does Wikipedia allow for citation of sudent newspapers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.123.242.32 (talk) 23:07, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. 1 in 19 countries

I've just removed a claim it was number 1 on iTunes in 19 countries because the information is not supported by the BBC ref. It is sourced from here, but I suspect this page is not static and will change regularly. Since the iTunes sentence forms part of a potential DYK hook it needs to be well-referenced or it will be rejected. On the other hand, this site says it is number 1 in 47 countries. Not sure if we can use that as a reference. Any thoughts, guys? Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:40, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just realised it's a forum (I guess the url provides more than a subtle hint :)), so we definitely can't use it. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chile Singles Chart

http://top100chile.blogspot.com/

here I leave a link to the chart in Chile, so they can consider it and put it as a reference for the accuracy of the chart in Chile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.121.33.152 (talk) 19:04, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And here I leave a link to WP:BADCHARTS so people can see why the link shouldn't be added. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recording date

What's the reason of difference recording date:

Ibox: September 2012
Article: Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England in May and August 2012
--Misbeliever (talk)

Huffington Post?

The prominence of the Huffington Post is very amateurish not seriously encyclopedic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.34.80.28 (talk) 05:15, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Three references out of a hundred from a wp:reliable source? I'm not altogether sure how you come to that conclusion. - SchroCat (talk) 06:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sites for use

— AARON • ^TALK 11:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Skyfall (song)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 13:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be glad to take this review. Initial comments to follow in the next 1-3 days. Thanks in advance for your work on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(As it happens, I was literally one minute away from taking this review last time, sitting here playing the song on my laptop, when somebody beat me to it. Sorry that you all had to experience this delay, but I'm personally glad to have a second chance at it!) -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:52, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Initial comments

Thanks everybody for their work on this one. This appears solid in its research and content so far, and should reach GA without too much trouble. I do think it could use some more work on copyediting--see below.

"Film company Eon Productions invited the singer to in early 2011" -- to what? Write the song, record it? It seems like some words are missing here.
"theme tune songs" -- this seems like a very awkward phrase-- is that what they're usually called?

I'd like to put this on hold for a bit so that more copyediting can be done. The text seems to have a lot of basic errors still, like "Adele revealed that they she and Epworth", "who played it the film producer Barbara Broccoli and James Bond portrayer Daniel Craig", "an uniting factor", "He describe it", or " The song intentionally references Monty Norman's "famous four line motif" after the first chorus. the man who wrote the theme tune for the first Bond film, Dr. No (1962)." (I've fixed all of these but the last.) I don't mind doing some minor copyediting as I go, but this feels like it still needs another pass by the original editors before it's ready for the final polish. Let me know when you think it's ready and I'll start again from the top. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:25, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did some cleanup (apparently some sections had both spelling problems and repeated info), and asked another major contributor to help. igordebraga ≠ 02:32, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Late to the party as always - been tied up with a few bits on and off wiki. I've made a start on the ce, which I hope to wrap up today. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 05:21, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to you both! Just let me know when you want me to take another pass myself. Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:07, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And thanks for the quick responses. I'll take a look at this today. -- Khazar2 (talk) 11:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some more comments

Okay, this looks pretty close to ready for GA. I've listed a few action points here, and a few checks remain, but this solid work and seems ripe for promotion. Thanks to everybody working on this one. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:51, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few tweaks to prose as I went, including cutting a sentence that seemed a bit redundant. If you disagree with any of these, please don't hesitate to revert. I'll let you know if it's something that seems important for GA status.

These look fine to me, thanks - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"they worked to capture "the James Bond feeling" of previous theme songs" -- who is "they" here? Epworth and Adele?

Yes: tweaked to clarify. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When did the rumors of Adele's involvement start? The article gives both September 2011 and September 2012 as the date these rumors began.

Tweaked to clarify (first ones started in September '11; second wave were a year later). - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

" which according to Newman had similarities to Adele's theme being "a real moment of 'Bond' swagger"" -- I'm not sure what this means.

Tweaked. I hope this reads OK: both music and the film scene had Bond swagger, which is why the music was chosen for that particular moment. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The names of print publications in the works cited (like Empire) should be italicized.

Done (I think I've got them all, but let me know if I've missed any. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Epworth was visited by Newman for advice, and Redford, who was already doing the score's orchestration, was requested to arrange "Komodo Dragon" as according to Newman because he felt "[his] task was already so huge and daunting" -- this sentence confuses me, too. couldn't this just be written "Newman felt" instead of "according to Newman because he felt"? Or am I misunderstanding who the "he" is here?

Re-worked this. It's much clearer now. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Harvard Crimson review really needed here? It doesn't seem to have much to add, and Harvard or no, it's just a college newspaper.

I agree - it's no better than most blogs really. Removed. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It also won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, which Adele celebrated through a video message, as during the 2013 BRIT Awards she was in Los Angeles preparing for the Academy Awards;[48] the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song;[49] and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song" - It's mildly ambiguous what list the semicolon is continuing here. I assume that the semicolon list is the three awards she won, rather than the three she was preparing for. But this could be clarified by reordering the sentence.

Re-worked for clarity. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

" It has sold 1,600,000 copies in the US according to Soundscan" -- this statistic should also be dated ("as of") per WP:REALTIME

Done. - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone figure out what template is causing the nonexistent category Category:Singles certified 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America to display on the page? -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:51, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category sorted - someone had edited the template incorrectly. Now correctly shows Category:Singles certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. - SchroCat (talk) 07:44, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Khazar2, I think I've covered all the above, but if I've missed anything, or introduced further errors, please let me know and I'll sort it out. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for the swift responses! That should just about do it. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:19, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Checklist

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	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Spotchecks show no evidence of copyright issues.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
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	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	Pass

Congrats to everyone on a job well-done! FWIW, by the way, I think it was useful having this image of Adele in the article [1] removed yesterday; if editors want to restore it in the future, they've got my vote. -- Khazar2 (talk) 18:22, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Khazar - much appreciated! I've added the image back in - I hadn't noticed its removal earlier. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 19:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidence

The Tamil language poem Achamillai Achamillai by Indian poet Subramania Bharathi (1882-1921) reads:

Uchchi Meedhu Vaan Idindhu Veezhugindra Podhinum, Achcham Illai Achcham Illai Achcham Enbadhillaiyae

When translated to English, it means:

Let the sky fall. When it crumbles, We will stand tall And face it all together

Sources:

I do find strong relevance to that poem and Adele's song, so someone pls add this info using the given sources. ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 05:17, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, although as it's a pre-1923 work, any copyright on it has long since expired. Paul MacDermott (talk) 10:20, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 29 September 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 12:31, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Skyfall (Adele song) → Skyfall (song) – Unnecessary disambiguation; no other song with the title has an article here on Wikipedia. PopLizard86427 (talk) 23:01, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:SONGDAB, which clearly states that further disambiguation is only required when multiple songs of the same name have articles. As no other songs of the same name have articles, this article should be named Skyfall (song). Lennart97 (talk) 11:58, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 22:46, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Courtesy ping StringDTD who made the opposite move four years ago. --Muhandes (talk) 12:35, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:SONGDAB unless others are currently notable. Crouch, Swale (talk) 08:46, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and WP:SONGDAB. RunningTiger123 (talk) 02:44, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Lyrics

Is the lyric "You may have my number, You can take my name" a callback to "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell from Casino Royale? That would be good continuity and a nice tribute if so. But it might just be coincidence. --Jameboy (talk) 15:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]