Talk:Uncle Waffles

This article was nominated for deletion on May 12, 2022. The result of the discussion was Speedy delete per G5.

A fact from Uncle Waffles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Uncle Waffles.

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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 BorgQueen (talk) 18:06, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Uncle Waffles was endorsed by Drake after a video of her dancing during a DJ set at a Soweto nightclub went viral? Source: Complex: "You shot to fame when a clip of you DJing at a gig in Soweto, South Africa, went viral last year—which, in turn, has triggered a set of events that have led to international recognition, as well as a follow from Drake." TimesLIVE: Tweeps convinced Drake is 'into' Uncle Waffles after another co-sign from him
- ALT1: ... that Uncle Waffles headlined the first-ever tour of the United Kingdom by amapiano musicians, and has since been called a "global ambassador" of the genre? Source: Complex: "Congratulations on a sold-out UK and Ireland tour with Piano People! What was it like going on the first Amapiano all-star tour this country has ever seen..." Rolling Stone: "The Swaziland native has since been embraced as a global ambassador for amapiano, selling out shows around the world..."
- ALT2: ... that Uncle Waffles learnt how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off? Source: Complex: "I used to work at a TV station hosting a show on Eswatini TV" TimesLIVE: "During the peak of the lockdown regulations due to the Covid-19 pandemic..." Press release: "The show was hosted by Uncle Waffles before she became an international spinner"
- ALT3: ... that Uncle Waffles is set to become the first amapiano musician to ever perform at Coachella? Source: Billboard
- Reviewed: Get Up and Dance (video game)

Created by Cybertrip (talk). Self-nominated at 17:17, 30 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Uncle Waffles; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Cybertrip: Article was created on March 27. It is long enough, everything is cited and there's no issue with copyvio. Hook is cited, meets the character limit and is interesting (I believe ALT2 is most interesting). QPQ has been done. The only thing which caught my eye was the fact regarding the number of TikTok videos in which "Yahyuppiyah" was used is cited to her Instagram account. Are there any secondary sources which reported this? Sebbirrrr (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sebbirrrr, thank you for reviewing! I've removed that bit entirely haha. —cybertrip👽 ( 💬 • 📝) 09:51, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Cybertrip: Thanks, everything looks good now! Sebbirrrr (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Sebbirrrr: Thank you! I've added an ALT3 now (sorry to be irritating lol). Would you please indicate if ALT2 is still your favourite or not? Thanks —cybertrip👽 ( 💬 • 📝) 18:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Cybertrip: No problem! While the new alt sounds interesting, I still prefer ALT2 if that's alright. Sebbirrrr (talk) 23:11, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Hip Hop 50

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 31 January 2024 and 4 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sallysusu (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Sallysusu (talk) 21:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]