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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 Cas Liber (talk) 19:23, 24 April 2020‎ (UTC)
Promoted by Cas Liber, but not substituted properly, so final closure by BlueMoonset (talk) nearly six and a half hours later; approval date and person adjusted post-closure.

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Alphabetland

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  • ... that in April 2020, the punk pioneers X released Alphabetland, their first album of new work in 35 years? Roberts, Randall (2020-04-23). "How L. A. Artist Wayne White Captured the 'Curdled American Dream' for the Cover of X's Alphabetland". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-04-23.)

Created by Koavf (talk). Nominated by Evrik (talk) at 19:23, 23 April 2020 (UTC).

  • @Valereee: I see you active right now, can you give this a look? --evrik (talk) 19:43, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah and BlueMoonset: any way to get this approved and posted on April 26? See Alt1. --evrik (talk) 19:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Evrik, To be clear, this is the first album by the original line-up in 35 years and first studio album in general for 27. I think that several facts are notable, depending on how many we can cram into one hook: long duration between album releases, 40th anniversary of Los Angeles, and COVID-19 is what spurred them to surprise-release it. Koavf 15:46, 23 April 2020
  • Hi, I'm too tired for a review right now. ALT1 is 275 characters long! Yoninah (talk) 19:47, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Evrik, I personally like Alt1a for what it's worth. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:14, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • evrik, I suggest putting a request on the WT:DYK page as the best way of attracting a reviewer at this late date, noting that April 26 is the 40th anniversary of the group's first album and thus an ideal date to run it. (It would need to be inserted into Queue 4 once it was approved.) BlueMoonset (talk) 20:31, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi again. The ALT1a needs some grammar tweaks. It should read:
  • ALT1b: ... that the coronavirus shutdown of record and CD manufacturing prompted punk pioneers X to digitally release their album Alphabetland in April 2020, marking the 40th anniversary their first album Los Angeles?
  • The hook is now 205 characters long.
  • Personally, I don't think the first part is an interesting fact. We recently ran a hook about someone who released their album on social media because of the coronavirus lockdown. If the 40th anniversary is so important, why don't you fashion a hook around that? Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Proposing a further ALT in the 1 series that's under 200 characters (the previous ones were missing an "of"), and an ALT2 that takes elements from the original hook and the other ALTs (also striking ALT1a and ALT1b as being above the maximum 200 prose characters):
  • ALT1c: ... that the shutdown of record and CD manufacturing prompted punk pioneers X to digitally release their album Alphabetland in April 2020, marking the 40th anniversary of their first album Los Angeles?
  • ALT2: ... that punk pioneers X released their album Alphabetland in April 2020, marking 35 years since their last disc of new work and the 40th anniversary of their debut album Los Angeles? —BlueMoonset (talk) 21:53, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Sorry, Koavf, I didn't notice your earlier comment (and your ping didn't work because you forgot to sign your comment). Striking original hook and ALT2; proposing ALT2a to deal with the original lineup (195 characters):
  • @BlueMoonset: I like it. Also, I goofed on the signature since my reply-to script isn't working on this page. Thanks for alerting me to how negligent I was. :/ ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:37, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Full review needed; April 26 requested as special occasion; it's the 40th anniversary date of the release of their debut album. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:32, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Suggest tweaking ALT2a as follows:

  • Full review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Images in article are fair use and freely licensed. The proposed image is too dark at thumbnail size. ALT2b is interesting; hook refs verified and cited inline. QPQ done. ALT2b good to go. Yoninah (talk) 12:25, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
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