Template:Did you know nominations/Live While We're Young

Live While We're Young
Created/expanded by AdabowtheSecond (talk). Nominated by TheSpecialUser (talk) at 02:19, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that "Live While We're Young" by One Direction made available for pre-orders on 24 August 2012, became the fastest selling pre-order single ever, topping the advance sales charts in 40 countries?


 * Symbol question.svg Everything seems OK on first glance. New entry created as redirect on 23 August 2012, and filled in on 25 August 2012, with snippets from British radio and MTV websites. The hook however, is a straight-up infomercial repeated word-for-word from both sources, (the third one already inaccessible). However, if you read carefuly what they say at Capital FM, you'll notice the magic words "it's been announced" meaning, the claim of "the fastest selling pre-order single in history" is yet to be confirmed by third party reliable sources. Poeticbent  talk  19:18, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Isn't MTV considered a third party reliable source, I just added CF for extra. AdabowtheSecond (talk) 01:32, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * One Direction have scored the fastest-selling pre-order single in history - MTV which is obviously a third party reliable source.  TheSpecialUser TSU 06:25, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote4.png . The MTV.co.uk webpage mentions some "pre-order charts" which are not linked anywhere in their own announcement. Can you find them? Poeticbent  talk  14:58, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * "One Direction have scored the fastest-selling pre-order single in history with their forthcoming EP Live While We're Young. The fivesome have gone to the top of the pre-order charts in more than 40 countries, including the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, Singapore, Brazil and Mexico - despite the EP only going on sale last night." ---MTV UK, exactly states what is in present article, I don't understand what more is needed. AdabowtheSecond (talk) 01:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I asked for the source of charts, but not for another infomercial. Please note that a PR company (HJPR) announcing these claims on behalf of their client (for the British pop radio) is not a reliable source. Read what the Guardian said in section One Direction Biography about the earlier What Makes You Beautiful. "It was the fastest selling single of the year 2011" in the UK — but nothing about Live While We're Young as "the fastest-selling pre-order single in history" in there. Sometimes more time is needed to verify claims like that, that's all.  Poeticbent  talk  19:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Not a fan of OD at all. However, what about ALT2?


 * ALT2 - ... that the official video for "Live While We're Young" was initially set to premier on 24 September, but was later premiered on 20 September 2012 following a leak of it online? — Preceeding unsigned comment added by
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK for ALT2. Poeticbent  talk  22:17, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT2 has couple of typos and a little redundancy. May I suggest ALT3 instead, which has slightly different wording but the same facts? (And a much shorter ALT3a, with ALT3b adding One Direction back in from the original hook?) —BlueMoonset (talk) 03:26, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3: ... that the official video for "Live While We're Young" was initially set to be released on 24 September 2012, but was premiered four days early following a leak of it online?
 * ALT3a: ... that the official video for "Live While We're Young" was premiered four days early following a leak of it online?
 * ALT3b: ... that the official video for One Direction's "Live While We're Young" was premiered four days early following a leak of it online?
 * I think, 3b is the best one, because its best that the reader identifies whose song it is, rather than just a random title. AdabowtheSecond (talk) 03:45, 23 September 2012 (UTC)