Template:Did you know nominations/Rollercoaster (Jim Verraros album)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:29, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Rollercoaster (Jim Verraros album)

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... that the pop rock-dance album Rollercoaster was released in 2005 by Jim Verraros, the first openly gay artist to place on American Idol?
- ALT1:... that Jim Verraros, who placed ninth on American Idol's first season, released the pop rock-dance album Rollercoaster in 2005?
- ALT2:... that the 2005 pop rock-dance album Rollercoaster, by former American Idol finalist Jim Verraros, features songs about gay bashing and gay sex?

Moved to mainspace by Jpcase (talk). Self-nominated at 20:21, 29 December 2018 (UTC).

"First openly gay artist to place on AI", is not nearly as impressive since it was in season 1, no one could even possibly place before season 1 - gay, straight, trans or otherwise. I'll consider ALT1 and 2 for my review. MPJ-DK (talk) 02:52, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
I cannot find anywhere in the actual article that states that the lyrics are about gay sex, that is in the lead only and not sourced. MPJ-DK (talk) 03:05, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! Hmmm...you're right. I hadn't actually noticed that the term "gay sex" isn't used anywhere else in the article. But the album review from Out magazine [1] says, "'So Deep' replays the penetration metaphor of countless girly R&B jams, but this time it's a guy telling his presumably male partner, 'I wanna feel you inside'." It's pretty unambiguous as to what the author of that review is discussing, and I've quoted the review in the "Reception" section. That said, I'm not attached to any particular hook. Here are a couple more options.

ATL3:...that the 2005 pop rock-dance album Rollercoaster, by former American Idol finalist Jim Verraros, features songs co-written by former American Idol semi-finalist Angela Peel?
ALT4: ...that the 2005 pop rock-dance album Rollercoaster, by former American Idol finalist Jim Verraros, was inspired by the music of George Michael and Green Day?

Jpcase (talk) 15:42, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Alright formal review time. I'll hit the other points first and then we'll figure out which hook works etc.

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: First couple of checks look good, the copyright checking tool found a 52% match but that's primarily the quote so that is acceptable. MPJ-DK (talk) 02:03, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

for ALT4, the juxtaposition of George Michael and Green Day is to me the most interesting hook. MPJ-DK (talk) 04:12, 1 January 2019 (UTC)