Talk:Paul Harvey (pianist)

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A fact from Paul Harvey (pianist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Paul Harvey improvised a viral piano piece using only four notes?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 16:04, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Paul Harvey improvised a two-minute piano piece using only four notes? Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18822820.paul-harvey-former-music-teacher-dementia-stuns-improvised-composition-using-four-notes/ https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/inspiring-pianist-dementia-remembers-compositions/
- ALT1: ... that while living with Alzheimer's disease, Paul Harvey recorded a number one charity single? Source: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/paul-harvey-and-the-bbc-philharmonic-orchestras-charity-single-four-notes-heading-for-official-chart-top-20__31524/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Erna P. Harris

Created by Schminnte (talk). Self-nominated at 02:36, 5 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Paul Harvey (pianist), so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Starting review. Zeete (talk) 19:06, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schminnte: Comments on the hooks:

ALT0: consider adding something about the "viral" aspect of the work.

ALT1: reference does not say number one: "Four Notes reached as high as Number 3 on last week's Official Singles Downloads Chart."

Thanks, Zeete (talk) 19:38, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: the reference for ALT1 doesn't say number one explicitly, but the update section at the top of the article states "clocking up the most digital downloads in the UK this week", indicating it was number one on the chart. As for ALT0, how about

ALT0a ... that Paul Harvey's viral piano improvisation uses only four notes?
ALT0b ... that Paul Harvey improvised a viral piano piece using only four notes?

How are those? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 20:05, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schminnte: ALT0b looks good. I would avoid trying to parse what "number one" means, too many conditionals involved. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 20:21, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: if you're ok with ALT0b then I'm fine with that. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 20:25, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Review: New (moved to main space February 4), long enough (4,431 per DYK check), cited, neutral, Earwig reported ok (Violation unlikely, 9.1%), QPQ done, hook ALT0b interesting, cited, length checked ok. Interesting article.
Good to go! Thanks, Zeete (talk) 20:28, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]