Template:Did you know nominations/Marsh Family
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:27, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Marsh Family
- ... that the Marsh Family's parody of Les Misérables's "One Day More" about their experiences during COVID-19 lockdown went viral, reaching over seven million views in three days?Source: Wamsley, Laurel (2020-04-01). "U.K. Family's Lockdown-Themed Rendition Of 'Les Mis' Is A Delight". NPR. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
The article was published on 1 April 2020, which is a Wednesday. The article notes: "How do you keep yourself occupied during these long days inside the house? One British family had an idea: a lockdown-themed parody of the song "One Day More" from the musical Les Misérables. ... The Marshes posted the video on Facebook, where it has drawn more than 7 million views since Sunday."
Created by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 22:31, 6 September 2021 (UTC).
New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact is interesting and checks out, and it and the source are in the page. No textual issues. Looks good to me. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
@Sammi Brie: First off, excellent work to Cunard! This is a great article. However, I'm concerned about the neutrality/hookiness of the hook. Normally, I'd just let this slide, because most DYK articles are 2000–2500 characters and contain one or two hooky facts, but this article is huge and contains many interesting facts. I think that "the Marsh Family did a song and it went viral" isn't living up to what the hook could be, and seems just a tad promotional. Again, normally i wouldn't care, but i don't think it should be a tad promotional if it doesn't have to be. Here are some ALTs for your consideration:
- ALT1 ... that the Marsh Family wrote a parody of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to encourage people to take the COVID-19 vaccine?
- ALT1a ... that the Marsh Family wrote a parody of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to encourage people to take the COVID-19 vaccine, entitled "Have The New Jab"?
- ALT2: ... that the Marsh Family's parody of Les Misérables's "One Day More" about their experiences during COVID-19 lockdown required pizza?
- ALT2a: ... that the Marsh Family's parody of Les Misérables's "One Day More" about their experiences during COVID-19 lockdown required the children to be enticed with pizza?
- ALT3: ... that the Marsh Family composed a song to commemorate the children's grandfather's successful prostatectomy?
- I'm sorry to step over this way—let me know if any of these stand out as interesting. I'm open to workshopping any of them. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:59, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
- theleekycauldron (talk · contribs), thank you for reviewing the article and providing several interesting alternative hooks! They are much better than the original hook I came up with, and I am fine with using any of the alternative hooks you have suggested. Cunard (talk) 08:24, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
- thank ya thank ya! @Sammi Brie? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:32, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
- They all look good to me. Revised ALT3 for grammar; it's a touch awkward with two consecutive possessives, but what can you do? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 06:54, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
