Template:Did you know nominations/I'll See You in C-U-B-A
- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:21, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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I'll See You in C-U-B-A
Sheet music cover, 1920.
... that the 1920 song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" invites its listeners to "hop on a ship to Havana" to indulge in alcohol?
- ALT1: ... that Irving Berlin's 1920 song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was a direct response to alcohol prohibition in the United States? Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Harmony_and_Normalization/E5QAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22i%27ll+see+you+in+c.u.b.a.%22+%22tin+pan%22&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover
- ALT2: ... that 1920 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" is an example of Cuba being percieved as "America's playground"? Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Harmony_and_Normalization/E5QAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22i%27ll+see+you+in+c.u.b.a.%22+%22tin+pan%22&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover
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- Comment: I don't think the image is necessary, but it is a fine illustration if wanted.
Created by Evedawn99 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Evedawn99 (talk) 21:47, 21 July 2024 (UTC).
- Comment (not a full review): According to A Simple Word Counter, the article only has around 1,200 characters of prose (the song's lyrics do not count per WP:DYKLEN, as they are text presumably copied from the public domain). As such, it falls short of the 1,500 characters needed for article eligibility in DYK. Leafy46 (talk) 21:05, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello and thank you, Leafy46: I had forgotten about the 1,200 characters of prose necessity and I appreciate the link to WP:DYKLEN. I will see if I can add more historical information in the meantime, and again I appreciate your comment. Evedawn99 (talk) 01:03, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- This is way over 1,500 characters now, but I should point out that the in popular culture section has significant WP:PROSELINE issues and I'd be looking for a strong rationale as to what it's doing there given WP:INPOPULARCULTURE. I have also struck ALT0 per WP:DYKFICTION.--Launchballer 12:23, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Evedawn99: Please address the above.--Launchballer 18:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Launchballer:, thank you for looking it over and please pardon my late response. I hadn't heard of WP:PROSELINE before and I appreciate the constructive criticism. I've since done my best to solve this issue and hope it reads better now. I also appreciate you striking ALT0 as is appropriate based on WP:DYKFICTION. Evedawn99 (talk) 02:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Evedawn99: Please address the above.--Launchballer 18:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- This is way over 1,500 characters now, but I should point out that the in popular culture section has significant WP:PROSELINE issues and I'd be looking for a strong rationale as to what it's doing there given WP:INPOPULARCULTURE. I have also struck ALT0 per WP:DYKFICTION.--Launchballer 12:23, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
