Talk:Yes, And?/Archive 1

Single cover
The cover art used on both the cassette and CD single for the original version should clearly take precedence over the one used only for the edit on digital platforms. The original version of the song is the most notable one.--NØ 07:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 14:30, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe the concern is with the fact that the cover art for the single is the same as the cover art for the album. In these cases, the cover art is only included on the album page rather than the single page. However, if there is an alternate cover, it is used for the single cover art instead. An example is "Flowers", which uses the same digital cover art as the album so instead an alternate cover is used for the single infobox. Flabshoe1 (talk) 14:29, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Concur with @Flabshoe1 ‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍  ‍ 💬 "Will you call me?"
 * Flabshoe1 I don't think the "Flowers" cover was used on CDs and cassettes bearing only the song. This seems to be a different case entirely, where the same picture is being simultaneously promoted as an album and single cover. Ultimately, the inclusion of covers on Wikipedia exists to guide readers on how the most notable recording of a song can be identified and found. In this case, the person reading the article would be reading about the original song, not the edit, and as such should be shown the original version's cover as the way to most easily seek that version. Best, NØ 21:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I had not seen the EP earlier. Both covers seem prominent in that case and there might be a case to be made for inclusion of both. That's my 2¢.--NØ</b> 22:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, the album cover was used for digital singles of “Flowers” sold on her website as can be seen here, meaning that it also was simultaneously promoted as the main single cover. On the other hand, the cover currently used in the infobox was labelled an “alternate” cover. This is similar to our situation, in which the main cover is also the album cover, but we have an alternate cover used for the edit (and like you mentioned is also used for an EP on streaming services containing all versions, it’s not meant to represent the edit solely.) Flabshoe1 (talk) 22:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No, what's different here is that the image is literally the cover of CDs and cassettes bearing just the song. Customers looking for the song in a physical music retailer will be misled by seeing just the edit cover. It is thus important for the physical cover to be present. Regardless, "Flowers" is not designated as a quality article that would be relevant as a "precedent".--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 22:53, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * What’s the difference between a digital release of a single and a CD in terms of primary identification of the single? Additionally, this precedent is used in other articles like SZA’s Kill Bill, which uses the single EP art. I just listed one page but doesn’t mean it’s just for that one page.
 * In any case, if you truly believe that the EP cover is unsuitable, then there must be no cover on the page. The single and album cover image cannot be duplicated and the image can only be used for primary identification on one page, and the album takes precedent. Flabshoe1 (talk) 22:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * What's your source for this? Grande's team evidently is using this as the cover of both the single and the album. There isn't a guideline against this type of usage considering this has not happened before.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 23:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Correction, this has happened before with "Flowers", with the same cover used for both the single and album. Other examples are "Green Light" by Lorde, the single which has the same art as the album. As a result, the single page uses an alternate remix cover in the infobox instead. "Green Light" has passed the requirements to be considered a "good article". This is certainly precedent enough to use in our case. Flabshoe1 (talk) 17:44, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

This edit
@MaranoFan: to make things fair, I would also like to cite the WP:FALSETITLE essay for why, IMO, @Asknaffffwiki's revert was not incorrect. "However, if I remove an existing false title, and you read this essay and still think false titles improve prose, then go ahead and revert. I will accept the status quo, per WP:STATUSQUO. I only ask that you understand the change you're making — most people who add false titles don't know they're a thing." (the status quo in this situation being this) I am not here to question the logic of the essay or think it's complete bollocks---after all I just cited it to make a point---but what I am saying is that both versions of the sentence are valid. The relevant edits from both POVs do infinitesimal harm or improvement to the article, so I think arguing over this is a little silly, which is why I hope there is a quick resolution to this confusion <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#37607C;color:white;">‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">💬 "Will you call me?" <sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 11:43, 18 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I decided to revert it back to MaranoFan's edit after reading the WP:FALSETITLE essay Asknaffffwiki (talk) 18:42, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Related discussion
I have started a discussion at Talk:Eternal Sunshine (album) concerning the non-free use of File:Ariana Grande - Yes, And.png, which is of relevance to this article. Thanks, Dyl  x  18:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Lowercase title
The single is stylized everywhere as "yes, and?" (in lowercase). Edgarasb (talk) 08:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, great, but this is trivial information at best. We standardize stylizations on Wikipedia per MOS:CT, MOS:CAPS and so on, and most editors here know this. Literally the only place we would denote this is in the lead in an unnecessary parenthetical note that disrupts the prose, and the creator of the article chose not to include the stylization and to put a note there explicitly stating it should be disregarded.  Ss  112   06:20, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Edgarasb As per MOS:MUSICCAPS, stylization is irrelevant and not needed. I would say what best explains this would be "Exceptions are not made to mimic logo/cover stylization, even if such mimicry is common in the music press." Asknaffffwiki (talk) 06:24, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Ss112 @Asknaffffwiki thank you! I’m quite new, so please, disregard this. Edgarasb (talk) 06:34, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

RfC about Infobox cover
Which file should be used as the cover in the infobox?--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 14:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Option A: The file distributed as the vinyl, CD, and digital cover of "Yes, And?", as well as the digital cover of the album.
 * Option B: The file distributed as the cover of the digital EP of "Yes, And?".
 * Option C: Both files, with option A as the primary cover in the infobox and option B in the alternate cover field.
 * Option D: Both files, with option B as the primary cover in the infobox and option A in the alternate cover field.
 * Option E: No cover

Vote

 * Option A - likely to be the most common and recognizable, multiple images is overkill. Sergecross73   msg me  14:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Option A - per Sergecross73 and we should stay true to the cover art that is more used for the single, not a mere version of it.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 19:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * As far as the comparisons made by Flabshoe1 in the below bulletpoint, it's an entirely different case since none of those except "Look What You Made Me Do" had a physical single (and in the case of that one, the article is using the CD cover). Option A is what has been distributed as the physical cover of "Yes, And?", and the one readers need to look at to identify it in physical record stores in the future.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 08:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Option A - To pass WP:NFCC, use this one.TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 02:08, 16 February 2024 (UTC) Never mind. I instead choose B.TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 21:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Option B - This is missing the context of the fact that the main single cover art (Option A) is also being used by Ariana Grande as the main album cover and therefore is used in the album page. To pass WP:NFCC, this image must be only used once on one of the two pages. I understand the frustration with the most recognized single cover art not being used on the single's page, and I agree that the primary cover art should be preferred when possible. However, the same image must not be used on two pages by WP:NFCC. Unless the album infobox cover is left empty, the same image cannot be used on the single's page. As a result, there are really only two options here: Option B (only using the cover art for the album page, and instead using an alternate cover for the single, which is the solution currently employed), or Option E (only using the cover art for the album page, and having no cover art for the single page). This situation has happened numerous times where a pre-release single uses the same artwork as the main album, and so an alternate cover is used. Examples include "Look What You Made Me Do" and "...Ready for It?", which shared the same cover art as Reputation, "Flowers", which shared the same cover art as Endless Summer Vacation, and "Green Light" , which shared the same cover art as Melodrama; note that "Green Light" is a good article. Linking Files for discussion/2024 February 3 for the initial discussion of this point. Flabshoe1 (talk) 03:53, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Option B. Per MOS:LEADIMAGE, "It is common for an article's lead or infobox to carry a representative image—such as of a person or place, a book or album cover—to give readers visual confirmation that they've arrived at the right page." Using same image for single and album article might confuse readers per WP:ASTONISH. As the maxi single is the fullest form of the single (it also includes the original version of the song; it's not a remix EP), I believe the cover for it should be used as it encompasses the most versions of this song, which would be the most "representative" form of identification. It's not like the other versions don't matter—they contributed a lot to its commercial success, so I think its use is justified. Heartfox (talk) 20:28, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Option B per what Heartfox said and also Flabshoe said about multiple cover arts. The first cover isn't necessarily the most recognisable. Grande herself even said it wasn't the single art for the song, just one of the album covers which probably meant the actual cover art wasn't ready at the time of release. >> Lil-unique1  (  talk  ) — 21:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Additional discussion
<sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 14:31, 30 January 2024 (UTC) <sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 15:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC) <sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 15:05, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is a very premature RFC, and the relevant discussions that led up to this point 1 2 are not even resolved yet. Why go through this process? This issue can be resolved once said discussions come to a close; I see no need for this. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#37607C;color:white;">‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">💬 "Will you call me?"
 * How is it premature? This has been an issue for a while, and, as you have seen already, someone actually altered the status quo today. This RfC is necessary to attract feedback from music-focused editors, which will not be possible at the discussions on obscure pages that you have linked.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 14:37, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * enough people have commented on the second discussion I linked, with a lot of input from every side. and discussions there are relisted for a reason. i would not exactly say those pages were obscure. it's also a bit unfair to call the first link that, since the discussion opened on the same day. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#37607C;color:white;">‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">💬 "Will you call me?"
 * anyways, I will be disengaging from this discussion. I recognise that my uploading of the relevant files were instrumental to these starting, so my apologies; I will welcome whatever outcome with open arms. ive spent too much time and words over this one topic for my liking, and I feel like i have better things to prioritise in real life and on-wiki. that said, I kindly ask no one here (or any of the other discussions for that matter) ping me or send me notices. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#37607C;color:white;">‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">💬 "Will you call me?"

is there any disagreement about the current cover? >> Lil-unique1  (  talk  ) — 15:18, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Billboard uses the other image, and People and the OCC refer to it as the single art, which makes me lean towards option A personally.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 15:30, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Potentially see the logic in that yes. It was the one released first and arguably the most recognisable one or one people would refer to first. >> Lil-unique1  (  talk  ) — 16:24, 30 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Flabshoe1, you should make your vote in the Vote subsection more concise and save the bulk of it for this subsection. However, WP:NFCC does not say that "the same image must not be used on two pages"; on quite the contrary, what it says is one-article minimum. "Non-free content is used in at least one article." See non-free files like File:Rihanna - Diamonds.ogg or File:Meghan Trainor - Made You Look.ogg for examples; it is extremely common for them to be used on multiple pages.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 08:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * An audio is in fact different than an artwork. I'd love to be proven wrong with an example of the same music cover art being used on multiple pages. The part of WP:NFCC that it fails is Minimal usage. Flabshoe1 (talk) 14:36, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The NFCC is not written differently for audios and artworks, point stands. Minimal usage does not specify it needs to be used only on "one" page, but on the contrary, just that it should just be used where applicable. Option A is used as the physical cover of the single, and at least according to listings on Grande's store, is used on zero physical pressings for the album.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 17:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * As demonstrated by the fact that no example has been found where the same artwork is used on both an album and single page, the minimal usage rule has been used by common practice and consensus to mean that an album's cover art should not be replicated on single's pages. Your argument is that this should be changed, as the same album art should be used when applicable for singles. Therefore, it's my understanding you'd like to suggest a change in practice such that any single using the same cover art should replicate the album's artwork on its own page. Following this logic, the aforementioned pages such as "...Ready for It", "Flowers", and "Green Light" and numerous other articles should use the main single artwork, which is the same of their respective albums. This can easily get out of hand, as many albums including Melodrama have multiple singles all sharing the album's cover art, resulting in a complete failure to apply "minimal usage".
 * However, you mention that Yes, And? should be treated differently because its physical cover is also the same as the album, and physical covers matter the most as "the one readers need to look at to identify it in physical record stores in the future". However, it is not Wikipedia policy that physical covers have any precedence over digital covers at all. On all music-related pages, the digital covers are prioritized over physical covers when possible - in fact, for this very season the Eternal Sunshine page uses the standard digital cover rather than the physical cover, which is different as you mention. Applying your logic, you believe there should be a change in Wikipedia practice to prioritize physical covers instead of digital covers, which would mean a change in many music articles where the digital cover is used rather than the physical, including Eternal Sunshine for albums and "Houdini", "I Got You" , "Seven"  for singles among many other examples.
 * Either way, using the same cover art here for Yes, And? and Eternal Sunshine requires a complete change in Wikipedia practice that is not currently used. Flabshoe1 (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * "Yes, And?" is distinguished from your examples, which are irrelevant anyways, considering option A is not just the physical cover. It is used on physical and digital platforms, and was chronologically the first cover used for the song on digital platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, etc. The song has been in a downstream trajectory and peaked in popularity when option A was the only cover used for it (release day). Option B was doled out with the release of alternate versions that did not exceed the original song's popularity. The song charts with the option A cover on Spotify as well as Billboard. Looking at this Billboard issue, "Seven" is not charting with the cover you have linked.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 19:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Commercial performance should not and has never been used to determine which cover is appropriate. Regardless of which cover is more popular, which I agree is the album cover one, it's a matter of WP:NFCC minimal usage and shouldn't be used on both pages due to common practice and consensus of not repeating the same artwork on single and album page. Flabshoe1 (talk) 19:42, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It really has been. Otherwise, one could go and replace the cover at the top of We Belong Together with this.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 19:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It's actually not charting performance that determined which one of those two covers was used, but rather the standard practice by consensus that the standard cover takes precedence over that of a remix or alternate version. Had the song charted with a different cover, it's not policy to replace the standard cover with that version's cover instead. In this case, normally Yes And? would have the main standard cover, but since it's shared with the album, it can't be used and an alternate option used instead. Flabshoe1 (talk) 19:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, repeating it over and over is not making that misreading of the NFCC criteria any more correct. Minimal use does not mean only one article, it can mean usage on two different articles if both products are identified by the same cover in the marketplace. It is only required that two different boxes be posited on the file page making a case for inclusion on both the articles. I do have to stop wasting my time with this discussion at this point but thanks for your participation. Any reply to this will not receive a reply from me.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 20:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * As far as the comparisons made by Flabshoe1 in the below bulletpoint, it's an entirely different case since none of those except "Look What You Made Me Do" had a physical single (and in the case of that one, the article is using the CD cover). Option A is what has been distributed as the physical cover of "Yes, And?", and the one readers need to look at to identify it in physical record stores in the future.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 08:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, a single cover being physically distributed does not mean we can throw out WP:NFCC. Either way, per WP:NFCC's rule of minimal usage the same photo should only be used once on either the single or album page. Flabshoe1 (talk) 15:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The WP:NFCC does not state "the same photo should only be used once on either the single or album page".--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 17:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * (Note: moved both responses to this section and restored my response which was deleted. "Below bulletpoint" in the first response refers to my vote of Option B in the Vote section.) Flabshoe1 (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yawn. It was moved, not deleted. Please stop lying again and again. --<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 19:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * An honest mistake, please don't accuse me of lying repeatedly, this should be a civil discussion. Flabshoe1 (talk) 19:37, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Remix cover
The remix has already a cover that will be used for all streaming platforms, the photo of them both together, used right now, isn't the official one. Can someone please update it?

https://shopde.arianagrande.com/ Mirrored7 (talk) 18:52, 14 February 2024 (UTC) <sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">📝 "Will you hang me out to dry?" 08:51, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * So now we are using two covers that are not the cover primarily associated with the song by secondary sources. Omegalul--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 07:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @MaranoFan: please try to be more level-headed with this topic. Your attitude around the discussion of cover arts for this article has been less than conducive for civil, productive conversation; this is not a WP:BATTLEGROUND. This uncivil behavior has been something you have been warned about in the past. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#37607C;color:white;">‍ ‍ Elias 🌊 ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">💬 "Will you call me?"
 * (not pinging due to request from this person in the RfC section) My comment is focused on the covers we are using in the article, so I am not sure how it is uncivil. You reacted emotionally to the RfC above and are now launching personal attacks in this section, so it might help you to step back from this as you seem too emotionally invested in this issue at this point. You would be encouraged to strike the last comment immediately.--<b style="color:purple">N</b><b style="color:teal">Ø</b> 09:47, 15 February 2024 (UTC)