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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 Allen3 talk 16:27, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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5x expanded by Calvin999 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:42, 16 October 2015 (UTC).

  • I think you are confusing the concept of betting with daring. One can "bet" another that something will happen, but one cannot "bet" another to do something. 97198 (talk) 12:01, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
  • No, I'm not confusing anything. When money is involved, it is a bet. Plus, it is sourced as a bet, not a dare.  — Calvin999 12:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Okay, what I mean is that the hook doesn't make sense grammatically: one cannot bet another to do something. 97198 (talk) 08:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
  • But you can bet someone money on something. It wasn't a dare. Money was involved, and that is a bet. It is sourced as being a bet, too.  — Calvin999 09:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Sure, it was a bet. I don't really care what it was. All I'm trying to say is that the hook doesn't grammatically make sense. 97198 (talk) 09:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
  • It makes sense to me.  — Calvin999 09:34, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Cool, but that doesn't make it proper English. I really couldn't care less about this song I've never heard of so I'm going to leave this discussion now. All I tried to do was politely point out a grammatical error but your refusal to listen shows that apparently you care even less than I do about this nomination. 97198 (talk) 11:24, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
  • But what isn't proper English here? I don't get it? You can either bet someone to do something or dare them. A bet involves money, a dare does not. Leona was bet $5 to do something. I'm listening but I don't agree/see what you're saying. There's no need to be stroppy about it just because I didn't bow down and change it at your command. You seem to be missing the point that it is sourced as being a bet, not a dare. So don't say I'm not listening...  — Calvin999 11:34, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
  • This article is long enough, with 7354 characters, and new enough. It was promoted to Good Article Standing on 10/20/15. It is written neutrally with no copyvios detected. QPQ is done. The image is fair use. The hook is 192 characters, so is short enough and also interesting. It has the appropriate inline citation. As for "bet" vs. "dare," my initial reaction was the same as User:97198, but both Calvin999's definition of bet having to do with money and the situation being sourced as a bet (and not a dare) are correct, so, while it may rankle a bit for some people, the hook, I believe, is fine as written. SojoQ (talk) 13:37, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
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