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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 Victuallers (talk) 10:56, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

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Lola (song)[edit]

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  • ... that Ray Davies was forced to make a round-trip flight from New York to London to rerecord two words in "Lola"?

Improved to Good Article status by Beatleswhobeachboys (talk). Self-nominated at 13:39, 13 June 2015 (UTC).

  • This article doesn't appear to meet the seven-day rule - according to DYKCheck: "Assuming article is at 5x now, expansion began 366 edits ago on July 24, 2009". This is my first review so please could a more experienced reviewer double-check - thanks!JezGrove (talk) 19:03, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
  • @Beatleswhobeachboys Hi, my apologies - I couldn't find anything about GA status in the DYK Reviewing guide (which as a newbie I had printed off and was dutifully following) and have just spotted what it says at the top of this page. Sorry! The article is clearly long enough and good enough, the hook is great and interesting. The source cited for the hook fact supports it (although at one point it talks about him recording 'two lines' - despite the fact that it says 'two words' in it's own title, and it is very clear from the text that just two words were the reason for Ray's journey - but that's hardly your fault!) I'm assuming that part of the GA process covers copy vios, so I've only looked at the section relating to the hook and there are no problems at all. So I think you are good to go. Probably best if someone else gives you the final seal of approval as this is my first review, though!JezGrove (talk) 14:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
@JezGrove Thanks for your input: I'll hold on until another person reviews this. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 14:47, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Looking for another reviewer to check this one, since the initial reviewer was a first-timer. I should note that DYK does not rely on other reviews (such as the GA review), since such reviews are of varying quality, and a number of GAs have been reassessed when the DYK review found issues missed in the GA review, including close paraphrasing and even copyvios. So the new reviewer should be sure to check neutrality and close paraphrasing and the like. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
  • @BlueMoonset Thanks for searching for a reviewer. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 16:12, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
  • The article passed GA on 11 June and nominated on 13. There are no copyvio problems and the hook is interesting. However, the New Zealand Herald source that verifies the hook says Ray Davies re-recorded his line but not that he flew 6,000 miles to do so. I can believe rerecording a line to get airplay, the long round-trip I've always thought was pulling a joke on the press. So the whole hook needs a citation to a reliable source that's got everything in the hook. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:19, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
  • I couldn't find any source for the 6,000 miles part, so I removed it - the UCR article, though, should cover the rest of the hook. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 15:45, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
  • Yes, that's okay now. I've heard the anecdote before but not everyone has. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:42, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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