Talk:Switch Disco

A fact from Switch Disco appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Switch Disco's song "Everything" saw an 185-percent increase in its Spotify streams after it was used in the seventh series of Love Island?

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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 02:15, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that two different 2023 UK Top 40 singles by Bou and Switch Disco sampled "Children" by Robert Miles?~~ Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/songs-of-the-summer-2023-contenders-leigh-anne-dave-and-central-cee-kylie-minogue-and-more__39570/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shiv Shakti Aksh Rekha, Template:Did you know nominations/Repeat Shoe

5x expanded by Launchballer (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 3 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Switch Disco; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Both articles meet the technical requirements for DYK. I didn't find any close paraphrasing for either article, and QPQs have been provided. Switch Disco meets the referencing requirement, but Bou's sampling and it charting needs to be referenced.

My main concern is the hook. I'm not sure if it would be interesting to people unfamiliar with any of the artists mentioned. I've taken a look at both articles and I think there's some potential here for separate hooks for both artists. Particularly in the case of Bou, and how his firing eventually lead to his music career.

If I may, can I propose separate hooks for both Bou and Switch Disco in the meantime?

ALT-A: ... that musician Bou went from being fired from an IT apprenticeship for producing beats during company time, to having songs rank on the UK Singles Chart?
ALT-B: ... that Switch Disco's song "Everything" saw an 185% increase in its Spotify streams after it was used in the seventh series of Love Island?

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:32, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Both hooks are fine by me. Bou's sampling and charting were both sourced, though I've added an extra ref before (Dale Smith) just to make it obvious.--Laun chba ller 05:51, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Since I proposed new hooks another editor will need to sign this off. For now I've struck the original hook, but if the reviewer thinks the original hook is better than either solo hook they are free to unstrike it. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:40, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the long wait! I think ALT-A hook provided by Narutolovehinata5 would work, as it is more interesting, in my opinion. I do not think the original hook is interesting, however, so I am not going to unstrike it. ~ Tails Wx 23:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT-A and ALT-B are for different articles, are you approving that one as well?--Laun chba ller 23:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, yes! I thought both were hooks for one article, but yeah, I'm approving both hooks, since they're interesting. ~ Tails Wx 02:34, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DJ C and Hutch Edwards?

@Launchballer: (or anyone else with knowledge about this pair): I was looking for a free licensed image for the article and found Musicians Talk About Copyright on Vimeo this Creative Commons Attribution licensed video from 2013. It includes interviews with "DJ C and Hutch Edwards, Switch Disco". It looks like DJ C could well be Daniel John Creasy (minus 10 years); but Hutch Edwards is not Nikolaos Kalogerias, he is a different British DJ. Any chance Switch Disco was these two gentlemen back in 2013? --GRuban (talk) 16:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I looked into this at the time but didn't find anything in reliable sources; "switch disco" "hutch edwards" brings up three results, of which one is a link to their Following list, which includes Edwards, and two are events listed on Fatsoma, a ticket seller of dubious reliability. I am unable to say for definite whether Creasy is DJ C, and I'd leave off adding that image until more information comes out.--Laun chba ller 20:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]