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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) 22:41, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

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Barracuda Lounge

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  • ... that Barracuda is home to the longest-running bar show in New York City, which may have inspired RuPaul's Drag Race? Source 1: "... 'Star Search,' a weekly competition at Barracuda that preceded RuPaul's Drag Race by more than 15 years and probably served as one of its inspirations." ([1]) / Source 2: "'Star Search is the longest-running bar night in New York,' says Pontarelli." ([2])
    • ALT1:... that a long-running drag show at Barracuda may have inspired RuPaul's Drag Race? Source: "... 'Star Search,' a weekly competition at Barracuda that preceded RuPaul's Drag Race by more than 15 years and probably served as one of its inspirations." ([3])
    • ALT2:... that Barracuda is home to the longest-running bar show in New York City? Source 1: "'Star Search is the longest-running bar night in New York,' says Pontarelli." ([4]) / Source 2: "Candis: Star Search was pretty major at Barracuda. / Sherry: It's the longest-running night in New York City. It's literally 25 years old. ([5])
    • ALT3:... that Miz Cracker, Peppermint and Bob the Drag Queen all worked at Barracuda before appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race? Source 1: "Barracuda also kickstarted the careers of drag legends like Candice Cane, Jackie Beat, Peppermint and more." ([6]) / Source 2: "Some of the biggest and best names have come through Barracuda — Jackie Beat, Sherry Vine, Peppermint, Tina Burner, Candis Cayne, Shasta Cola, Mona Foot, Bob the Drag Queen — I can go on and on." ([7]) / Source 3: "[Barracuda] gave me one of my first big drag gigs." (Podcast interview with Miz Cracker @ 09:25)

Created by Armadillopteryx (talk). Self-nominated at 04:20, 23 May 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: No - Hook is great, although the comma after City isn't needed.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A great article you've created and the hooks are all great. I have a preference for the original hook. Just a note/question about the article title: if everything in the article (and the DYK hooks) refer to it as Barracuda, why is the article called Barracuda Lounge? Aside from that and the comma, I'm happy with this! Soaper1234 - talk 10:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Soaper1234, and thanks for the review! The article is called Barracuda Lounge for the purposes of WP:NATURAL disambiguation, since the Barracuda article is about the fish. A minority of sources refer to the venue as "Barracuda Lounge" or even "The Barracuda Lounge" (though most just call it "Barracuda"), so this seemed an appropriate way to distinguish it from the fish while avoiding parenthetical disambiguation. Also, the clause in the first hook is a non-restrictive relative clause, so the comma must be there. Thanks again! Armadillopteryxtalk 11:55, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Armadillopteryx: Thank you for the fast reply! That makes sense now, I had wondered if you were avoiding parenthetical disambiguation, but thought I'd ask! Thank you for clearing all that up. In that case, this nomination is good to go! Well done! Soaper1234 - talk 12:09, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Soaper1234: Thank you! Armadillopteryxtalk 12:44, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
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