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A fact from Dear John (Taylor Swift song) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 December 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Hey! I've seen that you are mostly done with this article, I'm suggesting merging "Background" and "Composition" because it kinda the same thing and so you or I can finally change this to "Article" and people can see this incredibly detailed Taylor Swift article?
Gained (
talk)
13:53, 31 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Actually the suggestion sounds bad, but I have an another suggestion, we can move the first one of "Background" because it kinda sounds like the song's background than the song's composition.
Gained (
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14:02, 31 October 2022 (UTC)reply
After that psychological trauma that I will never forget, I just realized that my "Background" edit was mostly entirely about "Speak Now" than the actual song. I will be changing the title "Composition" and calling it "Background and composition".
Gained (
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15:59, 31 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your interest in the article. I think the draft is still nowhere near completion because I'm having more sources that are not being used. I'd get back to Wikipedia by this weekend; I'm having some real-life stuff going on right now. In the meantime, please do input stuff as long as you find new material.
Ippantekina (
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08:47, 1 November 2022 (UTC)reply
It reads like a fansite/gossip site. And because Swift herself said "I never disclose who my songs are about", it is unencyclopedic to claim that "Dear John" was inspired by Mr. Mayer.
Ippantekina (
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04:19, 3 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
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QPQ: - Not done Overall: Waiting for a QPQ as this is
the sixth time they've sent something to DYK. The statement in the lead about live performances needs to be in the prose (and cited ofc). The hook can be made more concise by removing "Taylor Swift's song" because readers can glean from context clues what "Dear John" is. Everything else seems fine - this hook seems the best we got with the article's information. Off-topic, but this is my favourite track from SN!
Your Power 🐍 💬 "
What did I tell you?" 📝 "
Don't get complacent..."11:30, 8 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review. Please wait for me to get back to this by the weekend. If I'm still inactive by then, please do ping me as a reminder. Best,
Ippantekina (
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10:17, 9 November 2022 (UTC)reply