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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 27 December 2023 [1].

Wish You Were Gay[edit]

Nominator(s): ‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ ‍ 💬 "Will you call me?"
📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 07:43, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the word "gay" in the title of a song like this, you won't be to blame when you think of it as good ol' fashioned teenage gay angst. The best kind of angst of course. But nope, it's just about a girl who wishes the guy he likes is gay because she can't handle being rejected. Of course that spawned some controversy, and mainstream critics have been ... quite weird about it. You'd have to read about the article to find out more. I await the commentary with open arms. ‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ ‍ 💬 "Will you call me?"
📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 07:43, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
  • ""Wish You Were Gay" is the fourth single" - I think this should be ""Wish You Were Gay" was the fourth single"
  • "would go to The Trevor Project," => "would go to the Trevor Project,"
  • I'm not sure the rainbow flag image really adds anything to the article. If you really feel like it belongs, you need to expand the caption to explain how it's relevant (i.e. you are assuming that readers know what the rainbow flag is).
  • ""Wish You Were Gay" closes with a round of applause from the crowd" - this implies that she recorded it in front of said crowd. I presume this isn't correct and the round of applause was just a sample.....?
  • "Eilish cited how her female friend" - presumably she had more than one female friend so I suggest "Eilish cited how a female friend"
  • ""Wish You Were Gay" reached its chart peak that day at number 31, placed at number 84 the previous tracking week." - this isn't a grammatically correct/complete sentence
  • "the singles chart by the Australian Recording Industry Association" - feels like there's a word missing here (published?)
  • "Eilish went on a concert show in London less than 24 hours after". "Went on" doesn't feel right here, and I also don't think you need both "concert" and "show". I suggest re-doing the whole sentence as "Less than 24 hours after the release of "Wish You Were Gay", Eilish performed it alongside songs mostly from her debut extended play titled Don't Smile at Me (2017) at a concert in London"
  • "Throughout 2019, Eilish performed "Wish You Were Gay" at three music festivals" - not really "throughout" the year if she only did it three times. Suggest "During 2019"
  • "She performed the song for an episode of BBC Radio 1" - BBC Radio 1 is a radio station, you can't have an episode of a radio station. It would be like saying "an episode of MTV". Suggest just saying "She performed the song for BBC Radio 1 at London's Maida Vale Studios."
  • That's it, I think :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:11, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Done, @ChrisTheDude! thanks for taking up fac reviews as always. apologies for the delays! ‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ ‍ 💬 "Will you call me?"
    📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?"     05:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment[edit]

Hi Elias, the standard heads up that this is three weeks in and has just the single general support. Unless this nomination makes significant further progress towards a consensus to promote over the next three or four days I am afraid that it is liable to be archived. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:33, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this has well and truly stalled, so I'm going to put it to bed. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:25, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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