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Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" was a Music good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 30, 2008	Articles for deletion	Kept
January 14, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 5, 2009.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Simon Cowell signed the Teletubbies to his record label for their hit single "Teletubbies say Eh-oh!"?

Current status: Former good article nominee

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The AFD

In case it matters in future discussions it should be noted that the AFD was only withdrawn when the clearly keep. I'm not entirely sure the template above shoudln't be chnaged to reflect that. Artw (talk) 22:37, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it shouldn't. TINKEY WINHEY FLIPSHI+ LALA POO, it was withdrawn, period. The AfD header is not for the "what conclusion some people wanted" its for what the conclusion was. If people want details, they will go read the AfD. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:44, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

[moved from GA1]
[...] I think the article name needs to be Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" per the cover – which show quotes embedded within the song title – and per normal grammatical considerations. [...] Wasted Time R (talk) 02:58, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

[...] I was aware of the MOS issues but shall reconsider them. Note, however, that quotation marks are not usually wanted in article titles - I checked the relevant policy carefully for this. I suppose they may cause syntactic trouble for search engines and the like. [...] Colonel Warden (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:TITLE#Special characters didn't address quotation marks directly as far as I could see, unfortunately. For an example of them in use, see the Bob Dylan album article "Love and Theft". The U2 song article 40 (song) used to have the quotation marks in the title, as "40" (U2 song), but I see it's been changed several times back and forth. Like many things in WP, there's probably been no consistent policy. Wasted Time R (talk) 02:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was involved in a similar discussion on Al "Carnival Time" Johnson a few months ago, that resulted in putting in the quotation marks, it does not cause any problems and is appropriate if that is the common name. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{editprotected}} Would like the page moved per the above discussion, leaving this page as a redirect to avoid problems in searching. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disabling request—try Wikipedia:Requested moves instead. Pagra shtak 15:57, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What, you couldn't just do it while you were here? Beeblebrox (talk) 18:59, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I support the move if, as it seems, there are good precedents. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:15, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AS it seems we are in agreement about how to proceed, I have asked the protecting admin to make the move. After taking a look at the rather cumbersome process recommended by the above admin, this seems a much quicker and simpler route. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you must know, I actually came here in the first place because you were using {{Editprotected}} instead of {{Editsemiprotected}}. Since semi-protected edit requests can be performed by any autoconfirmed user instead of an admin, you're (theoretically at least) going to get a much quicker response with the correct template. I figured I'd switch it over for you or even perform the edit myself, depending on the discussion. When I read the above discussion, I saw that the very first comment was in opposition to the move, so I wanted to let the discussion continue instead. I couldn't switch the template to {{Editsemiprotected}}, as you're not actually requesting an edit to the page, so I pointed out the proper venue instead. I'm sorry you feel that my predisposition to letting discussion continue makes me a process wonk. By the way, Wikipedia:Requested moves isn't that cumbersome—you just have to list the before and after article titles and a sentence explaining why the move is needed. Pagra shtak 20:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think Beeblebrox meant any offense, Pagrashtak. He just knows that as an admin involved with this Disney mire, I would take quick action without having to research much. Tan | 39 20:49, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just letting him know why I didn't move the article. I have no problem with him asking you to do it either. This raises an interesting question—song titles are supposed to be presented in quotation marks, so what do you do when the song itself has quotation marks? Is it alright to turn them into single quotes, or can you not do that because it's part of the title? I've never run across this before. Pagra shtak 21:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just didn't find your original remark particularly helpful, but maybe I could have handled it a little differently, I didn't mean to start up any unnecessary drama. I thought the move protection would have prevented me from just doing it myself, but it seems that was not the case. Thank you both for your attention to this matter. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:17, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, it's already forgotten. I am curious about the quotation-in-the-prose issue, though. I edited the article to my best guess. If anyone knows the definitive answer, do tell. Pagra shtak 21:20, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I looked over some of the sources, and it looks like they all took their best guess too. For example, the BBC article simply ignores the quotation marks. Your solution works for me... Beeblebrox (talk) 21:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chart Positions and album article created

Chart	Position^[1]
UK Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	13

Teletubbies – The Album now created. All helpers welcome.--_LittleGordon 02:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Netherlands chart position @ australian-charts.com

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Playing of song during an emergency at night clubs / discos etc.

(Trivia section? / Psychological use ?) Playing the CD single of "Say Eh-Oh" song had been part of an emergency plan in night clubs. The track would be played in place of the normal program material. The crowd hearing the song and seeing the lighting level increase will rapidly snap out of their current mood and direct their attention towards the DJ area / PA system where instructions are given such as to calmly leave the building. I understand the night club I'd DJ-ed at in the late 90's had seen the idea published in a journal, so I guess the plan was once widespread and hopefully it had been seldom actually executed. 86.22.131.14 (talk) 00:29, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Teletubbies

In 1999 a young corn head from Indiana took over the rights to the child’s sitcom Teletubbies. He took some of the thoughts and changed the show into a 2019 minot North Dakota hit. He wanted to give the show something special and decided the hills of minot is where it would take place. He didn’t know anything else about minot so to be continued. LucyBecky (talk) 02:20, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh oh oh

Oh oh 2600:1012:B06C:6B4B:70CB:5F96:8E19:FFBF (talk) 00:27, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Netherlands chart position @ australian-charts.com

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