Template:Did you know nominations/Duncan (Slim Dusty song)


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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 09:44, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Duncan (Slim Dusty song)

 * ... that in February 1981, "Duncan", a song about drinking beer, was the number one single in Australia?


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Created by David Gerard (talk). Nominated by Dan arndt (talk) at 09:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC).

We also have a photo of the pub, the setting of the song. David Gerard (talk) 09:48, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that Slim Dusty's second-biggest hit single, "Duncan", was a song about failing to sell life insurance to the eponymous Duncan?


 * Symbol confirmed.svg As for the original hook, it is good to go. Neutral, cited within article which is long and new enough.Javier Espinoza (talk) 17:53, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg I'm unable to verify the hook fact about the song being No. 1 in Feb., 1981. That sentence in the wikiarticle does not have a footnote. The following sentence has two footnotes, 10 & 11. I can't find the info in Ref. #11, so it must be in Ref.#10, an offline source. Please confirm. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:58, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment there is no reliable digital reference to the Australian charts prior to mid-1988.  David Kent's Kent Music Report is considered to be the definitive chart history between 1974 & 1988. There a number of secondary sources such as  and  that could be used to supplement the Kent Music Report if required. Dan arndt (talk) 04:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dan. I have no access to the Kent Music Report. I suppose Javier does, as he used the greentick instead of the bluetick. The link to australian-charts.com was quite helpful. Thanks, again. --PFHLai (talk) 09:44, 5 June 2016 (UTC)


 * As I noted, it's the Kent Music Report, which is the cite for the very next sentence. You appear to be asking for an unnecessarily querulous citing style. You were able to cite it, and I pointed you directly at the cite, so your claim here to be "unable" appears to be a factually incorrect statement.
 * australian-charts.com curiously doesn't mention "Duncan", I suspect its coverage of the Kent Music Report is patchy - David Gerard (talk) 08:35, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * "unnecessarily querulous citing", David? I was asking for help with verifying the hook fact before promoting the hook. "Unnecessary" footnotes can be removed after the DYK screening process, you know. Take it easy, pal. --PFHLai (talk) 09:44, 5 June 2016 (UTC)