Talk:Nxdia

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 11:23, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that the Egyptian-Sudanese singer Nxdia took the "queer anthem" "She Likes a Boy" into the UK Singles Sales Chart? Source: https://diymag.com/feature/the-neu-bulletin-c-turtle-fraulein-sailor-honeymoon
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind

Created by Launchballer (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 223 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 14:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC).

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: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough, it is neutral and well sourced. Earwig picks up a bit of a quote, but otherwise no close phrasing, so all OK. QPQ is done. Hook is interesting, but I couldn't see a reference to the Singles Chart in the source - could you clariy the chart part of the hook? Thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 16:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

My mistake, I kept rewording the hook. Try .--Launchballer 18:15, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Launchballer - hook is good (& citation archived here), all OK Lajmmoore (talk) 09:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer and Lajmmoore: am I missing something, or is the hook just not that interesting? Is there nothing better than "... that a singer sung a song which appeared (fairly low) on a songs chart?" ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

The interesting bit is "queer anthem", given that neither Egypt or Sudan are known for positive attitudes to homosexuality.--Launchballer 06:09, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I suppose. Why is she called English in the lead then? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 01:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Because I assumed that she was until I wrote the article, and forgot to take that bit out. I think there's some MOS dictum that says nationality should be left out of the first sentence altogether, so that's what I've done.--Launchballer 01:49, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

My mistake, I just read MOS:BIOFIRSTSENTENCE and it says to include it. It now says "Egyptian alt-pop musician of Sudanese descent".--Launchballer 09:20, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

'Egyptian'?

Shouldn't it be 'British-Egyptian' or something like that? They've lived in Britain since age 8, they've spoken in Arabic only to their mother and in English to everyone else, they are having their musical career in the UK - I'd say all of this makes them far more British than Egyptian. I also highly doubt that they would have come out as a 'they' and had a musical career as a 'they' in an Egyptian cultural context either. 62.73.69.121 (talk) 22:21, 27 May 2024 (UTC)