Template:Did you know nominations/We Are X

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:02, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

We Are X

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Yoshiki of X Japan

• ... that X Japan rockumentary We Are X won the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Editing in the World Cinema Documentary Competition...? Source: Deadline
  • ALT1:... that rockumentary We Are X looks at the history of X Japan, a band that once split for 10 years after vocalist Toshi was brainwashed by a cult? Source: On The Box
  • ALT2:... that before Stephen Kijak directed We Are X, a documentary about rock band X Japan, he had never heard of the band before? Source: Park Record
  • ALT3:... that Yoshiki (pictured), front man of X Japan and star of documentary We Are X, must wear a neck brace while drumming, has oxygen tanks backstage due to his asthma and composed for Emperor Akihito? Sources: The Hollywood Reporter and On The Box

• Reviewed: Boruto Uzumaki

Improved to Good Article status by ISD (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 9 June 2017 (UTC).

Yoshiki of X Japan

• - article promoted to GA the same day it was nominated for DYK, no evident policy issues, the hooks are sourced, QPQ done. Two comments:

  First, the image is a bit unclear when small, and has a watermark. I looked for one that would look a bit better when small and wound up cropping another one to make File:X Japan 10-11-2014 -41 (14933710054) (cropped).jpg. Not sure it's ideal, but clearly depicts the neckbrace, which goes along with my preferred hook(s).

  Second, I'd like to propose two other hooks. Initially I thought ALT2 was probably most appropriate since it's the one that's most clearly about the documentary rather than the band, but ultimately ALT3 was just more interesting. Since Yoshiki is effectively the star of the film, it seems on point enough. I'd like to propose two variations on ALT3, though, since it's quite long. ALT4 is another version, slightly shortened. ALT5 emphasizes one element rather than list a few. As a hook, it's my preference, but it would require adding the headbanging detail to the article (here is a ready source). I'll pass the DYK either way, though, so curious as to your thoughts, ISD. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 01:03, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• • ALT4:... that Yoshiki (pictured), star of rockumentary We Are X, must wear a neck brace while drumming, keeps oxygen tanks backstage due to asthma, and has composed for Emperor Akihito?
  • ALT5:... that Yoshiki (pictured), star of rockumentary We Are X, must wear a neck brace while performing due to years of headbanging?

@Rhododendrites: I'm fine with the alternative image - I think it does look better than the one I used. Both of your alternative hooks are fine by me. Personally, I prefer ALT4 over ALT5, but either is OK. ISD (talk) 08:10, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

• - Good to go with ALT4 and the second image. Thanks. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)