- 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 PrimalMustelid talk 11:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
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Boyz Unlimited
- ... that Richard Osman, who wrote "the biggest thing in fiction since Harry Potter", lost confidence in his writing ability after his experience with Boyz Unlimited? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/09/richard-osman-i-would-have-been-terrible-in-mi6-im-too-tall-spill-secrets-and-cant-lie for quote, https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/richard-osman-interview for rest
- ALT1: ... that Boyz Unlimited included a cover of Dr. Hook's "A Little Bit More" on the grounds that it was "too tasteless", only for 911's version to top the UK singles chart between recording and broadcast? Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/boys-will-be-boybands-1076195.html
- ALT2: ... that prior to playing a boyband member in the 1999 series Boyz Unlimited, Billy Worth had been in an actual boyband launched by a UK breakfast television franchisee? Source: per ALT1
- ALT3: ... that after a bad experience on Boyz Unlimited, David Walliams and Matt Lucas refused to work with Hat Trick Productions for several years? Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=d6m7OCxJWl0C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PR142&dq=boyz+unlimited+richard+osman+david+walliams+samira&hl=en
- ALT4: ... that Boyz Unlimited was written by Richard Osman and/or the double act of David Walliams and Matt Lucas? Source: per ALT3
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/On the German Republic
Created by Launchballer (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 220 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Launchballer 15:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC).
5x expanded by nom. Article is adequately sourced, no issues arose upon checking. The largest similarity result from Earwig is just due to a quoted passage from a critic. Hooks are interesting, I personally like the first hook and ALT2 the most, but all are good and work. QPQ OK. Nicely done! Good to go. B3251 (talk) 15:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- A tag was placed on this for {{tone}}, which I believe I've addressed - a promoter should probably double check this.--Launchballer 11:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'm aware of the subtext, but at the same time, it's not immediately obvious that Billy Worth was first in a boyband then was part of a comedy show. I'd suggest making that clearer on behalf of ALT2, not that ALT2 is guaranteed to be picked. PrimalMustelid (talk) 13:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
- A tag was placed on this for {{tone}}, which I believe I've addressed - a promoter should probably double check this.--Launchballer 11:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)