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Did you know... that the Filipino musician No Rome took his stage name from people doubting his career choice?
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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.
ALT0 seems to have disappeared since I wrote it, probably when them dating was moved to Personal life. Their engagement and that ghbase article came out after I published the article, so I'd prefer ALT1 and ALT2 anyway. (Incidentally, I hope you didn't mind me pouncing on Mwaksy Mudenda - it is now just above 1500 characters, so I could nominate, but I wonder if you have any more sources before I do so.)--Launchballer18:05, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
No problem about Mwaksy ...
ok so Happy to approve ALT1 (and @Launchballer: if you make a separate nomination for George Daniel using ALT2, I'll approve that too?)
Nominated Mudenda; WT:DYK appears to be threatening double QPQs, I really hope I've got in before it activates. The last time one of my noms had split hooks, the prepbuilder PSHAW'd one of them and then moved another one over manually, I didn't need a second nomination.--Launchballer10:17, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
ALT3: ... that No Rome took his stage name from the response many people gave him when he told them he was entering the music industry? - though this seems rather wordy.--Launchballer03:15, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Bogger: Sorry to be a pain, but could you please approve George Daniel? (I have never needed to separate split hooks into their own nominations before now, and if that's your only objection, then this is good to go.)
ALT9: ... that the Filipino musician No Rome spent seven months working at a call centre because he was fed up of carrying his equipment around on buses? (I fear "MIDI controller" may be too technical for the main page.)--Launchballer23:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Comment: @Launchballer: I love ALT3, and find it the most interesting out of all of them. Can you try playing around with shorter versions of that hook? Sorry to drag this out but I do prefer this one. Viriditas (talk) 21:36, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Launchballer: I think you're on the right track. When you look at the source, it says "When I was just starting, many people discouraged me, saying, 'No, Rome, not in music; try something else.'" So instead of saying he was instructed, maybe think about changing it to deterred, prevented, stopped, or dissuaded, since "instructed" loses the meaning of the original quote. Viriditas (talk) 22:18, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think 'prevented' and 'stopped' are stronger than 'discouraged', but I can suggest: ALT12 ... that the Filipino musician No Rome took his stage name from a recommendation to not enter the music industry?--Launchballer22:44, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sure, I think we could go with that, but it still kind of loses the meaning of discouragement. When you study the history of popular public figures, this idea that they were repeatedly discouraged from pursuing what later brought them fame is quite common. For me, the problem with "recommendation" is that it doesn't really fit the context of being dissuaded or stopped from pursuing your dreams. Have you thought about using the word "doubt" here, as it nicely encapsulates the entire idea, such as "people doubting his career move", or "doubting his pursuit of a career in music"? Viriditas (talk) 22:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
ALT13: ... that the Filipino musician No Rome took his stage name from people doubting his career choice?