Talk:Sophie Tea

Did you know nomination

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:26, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
To Prep 6 and Prep 7

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• Jenna Meek
• Sophie Tea

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Sophie Tea's London studio

• ... that Jenna Meek once made Sophie Tea's breasts go viral?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Justin Pippen
  • Comment: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Sophie_Tea has an image it claims is CC-BY-SA. It might be right given it lists Cosmopolitan as a source and they sometimes license their images that way (e.g. Belle Hassan).

Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 364 past nominations.

Launchballer 09:52, 31 January 2026 (UTC).

• I'm going to review this shortly. JuniperChill (talk) 17:28, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
• It looks like you forgot the 2nd QPQ Launchballer as this is a double nom. But anyway, both articles are new enough, long enough and well sourced. No copyright issues, NPOV/BLP compliant, hook is interesting and cited to a reliable source. I just need to wait for the 2nd QPQ to proceed, JuniperChill (talk) 17:52, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Justin Pippen is a double nom. It counts as two.--Launchballer 17:54, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't notice that was also a double nom. Approved. JuniperChill (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

@JuniperChill: Any chance you could approve the image and the hook ALT0a: ... that the entrepreneur Jenna Meek once made Sophie Tea's (studio pictured) breasts go viral? I'm sure a promoter will trim it, but no harm in giving them the choice.--Launchballer 01:00, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer:, sure, I'll go ahead and approve ALT0a and the picture. Why not consider including the picture of Sophie in the article seeing if its usable for Wikipedia/Commons, seeing as you made a comment about it when nominating this? JuniperChill (talk) 19:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Someone just uploaded an image, though it's of poor quality. Might add it here anyway.--Launchballer 19:07, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

i think it should be cropped JuniperChill (talk) 19:28, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Well, yes. I pinged another editor in an edit summary and I want to be sure it's kosher before I commission a crop.--Launchballer 19:30, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

• Hook has been pulled per concerns raised at WT:DYK, especially in light of the Savannah Bond hook and its reception. Concerns were raised that the hook may fail DYKGRAT or at least the spirit of it, and possible rewords may not have completely solved the issue. A new hook is needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that a photo of Sophie Tea caused Jenna Meek's products to become a popular outfit choice at 2017's festivals?

ALT2: ... that a topless photo of Sophie Tea caused Jenna Meek's products to become a popular outfit choice at 2017's festivals?--Launchballer 05:47, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

in light of the Savannah Bond hook and its reception

As many defended the hook as saw a problem with it. The fact that the article got over 50,000 views speaks to what the silent majority thought about the hook. There is zero gratuitous with the word "breast". It's a neutral description of a part of the human body and the one person stating WP:DYKGRAT about this hook didn't put forward any reasonable argument for their claim other than a weak "call your family and ask what they think". TarnishedPath^talk 06:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Instead of focusing the hook on one woman's breasts, it seems a more relevant topic, reflected by the WP:WEIGHT of sources, is the "glitter boob" trend: "'Glitter boob' artist makes millions from festival phenomenon" (Yahoo), "Glitter boobs trendsetter's massive spike in business sales come festival season" (The New Zealand Herald), "How to launch a brand by going viral, by the 26-year-old who sparked the 'glitter boob' craze" (The Telegraph).—Bagumba (talk) 08:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

• Over at the WT:DYK discussion, Black Kite suggested running the two articles separately. Launchballer said they have an idea for Meek, while BK suggested a hook about the time Tea painted a cow. Given that, how does this solo hook for Tea sound? Unfortunately the article does not currently support the "giant cow" suggestion since "giant" is not in the article, but I think the fact is interesting, and most importantly avoids the sensationalism concerns:

• ALTb ... that Sophie Tea once painted an image of a multi-coloured cow on a hostel's wall in exchange for accommodation?

Admittedly the hook will almost certainly do worse than the breasts angle, but given how that angle has had multiple objections, that is unlikely to run so this could be the best we've got. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:47, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I'd word ALTb as ALT3: ... that Sophie Tea once paid for accommodation by drawing a cow? ALT1 doesn't mention breasts or even make any suggestion as to the contents of that photo.--Launchballer 12:17, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I like ALT3 more than my wording so that should be good. We still need a solo hook for Meek, though. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:49, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

As for the "glitter boob" angle, given how the WT:DYK discussion turned out, I don't think "glitter boobs" is any better. Launchballer's suggestion about painting Love Island contestants with glitter is probably better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:55, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm going to suggest ALT4: ... that Jenna Meek once decorated Love Island contestants with glitter? and that someone independent assesses the WT:DYK consensus and all hooks.--Launchballer 15:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

ALT3 and ALT4 are good to go running separately. I think they'd do better separately than the multinom in ALT1, whose interest I find marginal. Every other hook has been struck out. The image is approved to run with Tea, the article also has a picture of her that looks fine to run, but was never added here. That's approved if someone wants to add it. 1brianm7 (talk) 09:18, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

• Comment whoever promotes this will need to do it manually using the instructions given at WP:DYKPBI given there are two separate hooks which need to be promoted. I would do it myself; however, I promoted this nomination previously prior to it getting pulled which I think rules me out. TarnishedPath^talk 11:01, 9 April 2026 (UTC)