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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 Yoninah (talk) 00:47, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher

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Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 11:26, 9 January 2020 (UTC).

  • Hi Piotrus, review follows: article created 7 January; article just exceeds minimum length if I subtract the 400 characters or so copied from The Witcher article (though this content itself was probably added within the 7-day timeframe anyway); I reworded one sentence which I didn't think made sense, please feel free to amend as needed; I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing; hook is mentioned in article and verified by the CNN source; QPQ has been carried out. No issues here, I think - Dumelow (talk) 11:50, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
  • The content was added by Masem on 6 January, so it's a safe copy not requiring a 5× expansion, but I've given Masem a DYKmake credit since those 400+ characters copied into this article were theirs. (The article's now up to 2446 prose characters, so it's over 2000 even excluding what was copied.) Also, song titles belong in quotes, not in italics; I've fixed that here (it was already fixed in this article and the one the text came from). BlueMoonset (talk) 23:25, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Might suggest adding "Original song" to the blurb, as to indicate it was created for the series. --Masem (t) 01:09, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
No issues for me "original" is in the article and sourced - Dumelow (talk) 11:04, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but I have a question about the hook fact. CNN says it "went viral" and then shows 4 Twitter pages to back up that assertion. I would think that you would cite a more official YouTube page showing how many hits it got. The hook also implies that the song went viral within days of its release, while the article and source says it was after the series' release.
  • It seems to me that other facts in the article, like the one about fans doing remixes that got millions of views, or the business about the mod patches, or the part about the failed marketing opportunity to officially release the song, would be more hooky than this.
  • Finally, there is a note on the talk page asking for more specifics about why the song is titled that way. I agree with that sentiment. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah: I didn't cite the youtube page, as first, I am not fully sure which of the numerous youtube pages is the 'official one' (also given the fact that none, AFAIK, is actually released by Netflix), plus AFAIK YouTube is not a recommended WP:EL nor a WP:RS. As for he song vs series releases, they are effectively the same (the song was not released before the series), or one could argue, the song was not released (independently) at all. The ALT1 hoo kbelow should be less ambiguous, through it repeats the same word (show) twice, feel free to propose a more elegant solution. Regarding the more interesting hook, I personally find the current hook more interesting than anything else I can think of or you suggest, but you are welcome to propose other hooks. I have also replied to the talk page comment, which boils down to WP:BEBOLD, find reliable sources and expand this further. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:48, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that the song "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" from the Netflix television show The Witcher became a viral hit within days of the show'sseries' release?
  • OK, thanks. I added the link to the series. Restoring tick for ALT1 per Dumelow's review. Yoninah (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, just saw this. Glad you were able to resolve the issue. For the record I am happy with ALT1 - Dumelow (talk) 17:50, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
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