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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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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Ben Comeau

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  • ... that Ben Comeau is not very nice about Donald Trump or Boris Johnson? Source: "Ben Comeau has taken a somewhat alternative, but for him well-known means in use to draw attention to his position ... The lyrics to the fugue, which is for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and strings, consist of variations on the phrase "Boris Johnson is a Lying Shit" ... In 2018, he composed the four-part fugue "Donald Trump is a Wanker" ([1])
  • Reviewed: Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing
  • Comment: Personally I prefer ALT1, but I suspect that might not be particularly civil or neutral for the main page, hence the "toned down" main hook

Created by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:50, 16 November 2021 (UTC).

  • @Ritchie333: Article is a new, plagiarism free, neutral, and well sourced not-stub (1633B). As for the hooks, I'm going to reject ALT0 out of hand, because Ben Comeau can take a number on that one. I'm also going to say no to ALT1, not because it's uncivil or uninteresting, but because it should be quoted—I've suggested two minor alts. A QPQ is also needed. Let me know what you think—nice work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) 02:57, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
  • Re 1a, I don't see how we know that Comeau personally thinks of Trump; these could have been works-for-hire, after all. I've been trying to come up with something catchy on this -- for example, had Comeau invited Trump to participate in a performance of the work, then we could say he told Trump to fugue himself -- but the sourcing just isn't there that I can see. In consolation, here's an enlightening bit of musical history you will want to share with friends and family:
Q: Why did Bach have so many children?
Unhide for answer
A: Because he didn't have any stops in his organ. In fact, he wore out three organs fuguing.
Thanks may be left on my talk page. EEng 16:47, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
The video for "Boris Johnson is a Lying Shit" includes a description from Comeau that basically screams for people not to vote for him, and the one for "Donald Trump is a Wanker" says "As satisfying as it is to poke fun at the Orange Monster, this video on its own probably won’t do the teeniest thing to reduce the devastation inflicted by the Trump administration. I therefore want to use this platform to suggest ways we can contribute to meaningful anti-Trump resistance.". We'd need to flesh out the article with these WP:BLPPRIMARY sources for the "thinks" to be properly verifiable.
Moving on, 1a and 1b don't have as much impact or quirkiness you can get with a good hook. I suppose 1b is factually correct, but it's not "Did you know that Trump is directly connected to Russia or that a Trump resort is directly connected to Moscow? Maybe EEng can some up with something catchy. In the meantime, a "non-Trump" hook for safety:
ALT2 ... that Ben Comeau made up a fictional student of Franz Liszt so he could write a 45-minute piano sonata? Source : "I occasionally indulge in pastiche classical composition, and I once composed a 45-minute piano sonata as if by Otto Rosenberg, an imaginary pupil of Franz Liszt in the 1880s" ([2]) Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
You get me interested ;) - ALT2 is not yet in the article, unless I missed something. I sort of like ALT1b but think we should say fugues, not just songs, for extra quirkiness. ALT2 misses that he passed his 45 minutes work under the invented student's name which is not obvious. - An infobox in the article would give you reason to repeat the fugue titles under known_for. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:02, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Definitely a surefire way to get Gerda involved :) is there a policy on sourcing hooks to interviews? That's essentially a primary source, no? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 11:10, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
From previous experience, sourcing hooks to interviews is fine as long as the interviews aren't talking about contentious information or talking about things that are likely to have been embellished. We usually assume good faith about the interviews and don't assume that the information is unreliable or false just because they came from interviews. And yes I agree that ALT2 is a good hook and probably even better than the originals. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:27, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the input! we'll be good to go once Ritchie333 provides a QPQ :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 17:24, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Err, there's been a QPQ since the start of the nomination (although that review has stalled). Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:26, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
right, yep, silly mistakes. good to go with ALT2, nice work! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 17:28, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Promoting ALT2 to Prep 2 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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