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Bridge Over Troubled Water

 * ... Symbol question.svg that despite their Bridge Over Troubled Water having sold 25 million records, earned 6 Grammy Awards and topped the charts in over 10 countries, the duo Simon & Garfunkel split up?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pareh

Created/expanded by GreatOrangePumpkin (talk). Self nom at 12:59, 25 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg The 5x expansion checks out OK. Article is adequately footnoted. I did not run across evidence of close paraphrasing or other plagiarism. QPQ is done. The article is a bit rough, though -- it would benefit from careful copyediting.
 * Regarding the hook sourcing, I haven't checked all of the online sources for the chart positions in various countries (I was inclined to AGF on some of them), but the article does not identify a source for the six Grammy Awards (AllMusic could be footnoted, but I also note the Bennighof says it won "only" 5 Grammies).
 * While the proposed hook has elements that ought to interest the reader, for me it was "ho-hum", because I recall that it was commonplace for highly successful bands to split up in those days (this still happens). However, I found some facts in the article about the making of the album that could be used in hooks that would cause me to want to read the article:
 * ALT1 ... that Simon & Garfunkel declined an invitation to perform at Woodstock while they were working on the album Bridge Over Troubled Water?
 * ALT2 ... Symbol question.svg that production of the Simon & Garfunkel album Bridge Over Troubled Water was affected by Art Garfunkel's acting role in Catch-22?
 * Unfortunately, neither of these ALT hook facts is explicitly footnoted (and I can't see several key pages of the Ebel book to see if the content is there). --Orlady (talk) 04:37, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I added a ref behind the Woodstock mention. The album itself won two awards. I can ensure there is no coypvio or similar. I like the ALT 1. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 10:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Also feel free to leave comments here. Regards.--Kürbis (✔) 12:02, 10 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 is verified. The other two hooks aren't adequately cited in the article. Since I drafted the ALT1 hook, the promoting editor should give it a look before moving it to the prep area. --Orlady (talk) 12:43, 10 August 2012 (UTC)