Talk:Stoned at the Nail Salon

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A fact from Stoned at the Nail Salon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that "Stoned at the Nail Salon" was written by Lorde and Jack Antonoff, and features backing vocals from four other artists?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stoned at the Nail Salon.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 The C of E (talk) 06:51, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that "Stoned at the Nail Salon" features backing vocals from four other artists—Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, Marlon Williams, and Lawrence Arabia? it features backing vocals from indie rock singers Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo, as well as James Milne and Marlon Williams
- ALT1:... that "Stoned at the Nail Salon" has been compared by critics to earlier works from Lorde, such as her previous two albums Pure Heroine and Melodrama? In a Billboard article, Hannah Dailey connected the song to Lorde's previous works, opining that it "channels several themes from Lorde's past work", naming "Ribs" and "Liability" specifically. Vulture writer Justin Curto also contrasted the song with "Solar Power", writing that "Stoned in the Nail Salon" is "more in line with the contemplative Lorde we knew on Melodrama and Pure Heroine than the one we met on "Solar Power"".

Comment: This is my first DYK nomination, and a self-nomination at that, so while I've read up on the rules and looked at other comparable nominations, there is probably some sort of mistake here. If there's any issue that needs improving with the hook or the article, let me know and I'll try my best to fix it.

Created by LivelyRatification (talk). Self-nominated at 23:28, 21 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Editing hook to add a link to Lawrence Arabia (James Milne), who I didn't realise had a Wikipedia article. –LivelyRatification (talk) 09:45, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article new enough, long enough and is neutral and well-sourced. Earwig did not pick up anything major. I don't find ALT1 interesting but ALT0 is interesting and cited in article. However, while this may just be my personal preference, I think the hook should include that the song is written by Lorde and that it would be hookier without naming the backing artists (unless they're really big where they're from. Are they?) Nominator has no prior DYK credits so no QPQ needed. Pamzeis (talk) 03:57, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I do kind of agree about ALT1. Just provided it for the purpose of an alternative hook. As for ALT0, could these alternatives work? @Pamzeis:

ALT0b:... that "Stoned at the Nail Salon" was written by Lorde and Jack Antonoff, and features backing vocals from four other artists?
ALT0b:... that "Stoned at the Nail Salon" features backing vocals from four other artists alongside lead vocalist Lorde?

--LivelyRatification (talk) 04:04, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for you alts. This is good to go. Great work! Pamzeis (talk) 04:11, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Stoned at the Nail Salon/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 21:19, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Could link Universal Music New Zealand.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"featuring backing vocals from four other musicians" you already said this.

Done Removed the unnecessary repetition. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"and "Solar Power", the" link.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lead should probably cover how well it did and how critics received it.

Not done Added information on critical reception to lede, but not really sure what to add re: the song's performance. Chart-wise, there wasn't anything that remarkable aside from "it charted", except for maybe its no 22 placement in NZ. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"second single[2] from" odd place for a ref.

Done Moved [2] ref to end of sentence. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

" D major" link.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"beats per minute" link.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rolling Stone doesn't need to be piped.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"previous single, "Solar Power".[4] Also" overlinked now.

Done Removed link to Solar Power. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Thumbs" and Clairo's" overlinked.

Done Removed link to Clairo. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"drew comparison by ... who noted the difference" this feels like it's saying sort of the same thing.

Done Changed to read ""Stoned at the Nail Salon" drew comparison by critics to Lorde's (pictured) earlier work." --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"of The Guardian wrote" overlinked.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"for The Telegraph, Neil" The Daily Telegraph?

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"on the Billboard Hot" overlinked.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"appeared at #85" avoid using hash for number.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Shaffer of Rolling Stone, "sings " overlinked.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"guitar".[36] Billboard writer" overlinked.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 38 has a spaced hyphen, should be en-dash.

Done --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I have for now. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 10:43, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Sorry for not getting to this until now, for some reason this wasn't on my watchlist and I missed it. Anyway, I've made most of the changes here, just have some quibbles about one of them. --LivelyRatification (talk) 07:30, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]