Template:Did you know nominations/All Star (song)
- 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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:34, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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All Star (song)
- ... that a June 2015 performance of the 1999 Smash Mouth song "All Star" went awry when audience members began throwing loaves of bread on the stage? Conaboy, Kelly (June 14, 2015). "Smash Mouth Singer Threatens To "Beat the Fuck" out of Bread Thrower". Gawker. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
ALT1:... that an unstaged musical exclusively featuring the 1999 Smash Mouth song "All Star" was officially sanctioned by the band? Adlakha, Siddhant (12 October 2018). "There's a Smash Mouth musical, and the only song in it is 'All Star'". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.ALT2:... that Smash Mouth has embraced internet memes of their 1999 song "All Star"? Plaugic, Lizzie (January 5, 2017). "Smash Mouth: We 'fully embrace the meme'". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
5x expanded by Toa Nidhiki05 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:21, 30 May 2020 (UTC).
- Comment: The word "sanctioned" (used in ALT1) is confusing. It can either mean "authorized" or "penalized", so I recommend avoiding it. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:33, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Definitely expanded enough to qualify and QPQ is complete. I personally prefer the original hook regarding people throwing bread at the band. No neutrality or copyright concerns with any hooks proposed here, but I'm not familiar enough with Gawker (used for original hook) to say how trustworthy it is. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 04:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
