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Why This Kolaveri Di

 * Symbol possible vote.svg... that the Tamil-English song "Why this Kolaveri Di" was initially leaked onto the internet, but was released officially shortly after the makers saw its immense popularity in India?
 * ALT1: Symbol possible vote.svg... that the Tamil-English song "Why this Kolaveri Di" became the most searched and played video on YouTube in India on 20 November 2011?

Created by MikeLynch (talk). Self nom at 12:06, 25 November 2011 (UTC)




 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article created on 21 November, classified as a stub 2488 characters. All okay, good to go. -- ɑηsuмaη  ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ 12:08, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

- Close paraphrasing/plagiarism concerns. Example: "According to composer Anirudh Ravichander, the director of the movie, Aishwarya Dhanush demanded a light-hearted fun song about love failure. He had come up with a tune in twenty minutes. Anirudh further recalled that, he was not aware of what mood Dhanush was in, for he [Dhanush] started singing in broken English and came up with this in 20 minutes" vs "Director [Aishwarya Dhanush] said the situation demanded a light-hearted fun song about love failure. I came up with a tune in ten minutes. I don't know what kind of mood Dhanush was in… he started singing in broken English and came up with this in 20 minutes. It just happened,” recalls Anirudh.". Nikkimaria (talk) 04:11, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh shoot, I didn't notice it when I nominated it I guess. I've asked User:Ansumang to take care of it. Hope he reaches to it in time!  Lynch 7  13:51, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey Mike, there are still significant problems here. Another example: "The music video features the actor-playback singer Dhanush singing the song in AM Studios, and composer Anirudh at the piano, while Dhanush's wife Aishwarya Rajinikanth who is the director of this movie and co-star Shruti Haasan watch along and give suggestions" vs "The promo features the actor-playback singer Dhanush, son-in-law of superstar Rajinikanth, singing the song in a studio, and composer Anirudh at the piano, while wife & the director Aishwarya Rajinikanth and co-star Shruti Hassan watch along and give suggestions." . The fact that the source that appears in is not the same one cited is even more concerning, and suggests that the article needs to be thoroughly vetted. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sigh, thanks for pointing this out; I've been editing from mobile, and reading articles is a pain. I'll correct it myself. Thanks!  Lynch 7  02:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I've tried to correct it; have a look now :)  Lynch 7  11:59, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * "Dhanush started singing in broken English and came up with this in 20 minutes" vs "he started singing in broken English and came up with this in 20 minutes". Please recheck thoroughly. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:06, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Reworded. Looks better now I guess.  Lynch 7  13:19, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Progress report: I've done a good bit of additional work on this article. I'm not done yet (for example, there still are likely to be additional instances where the wrong source is cited), but I've made progress. The article has had stability problems due to the popularity of the topic, but it's semi-protected now, and the excitement might be dying down. I've changed the link reference in the hook for the language of the song; the language of the song is not Madras Bashai, but rather is Tanglish -- I started a new article about Tanglish (not long enough yet for DYK, but it will be long enough soon). --Orlady (talk) 06:48, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Orlady, I'd almost given up on this article! Now it will probably be more workable because all the din has faded.  Lynch 7  07:32, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I think the article is in pretty good condition now. Both of the proposed hooks have problems, though. The first hook is problematic because there are some rumors that the "leak" was planned as part of a deliberate campaign to market the video. The second hook is about very specific date. I find that rather dull, since it refers to just one day. I suggest the following:
 * ALT2 ... that the Tanglish lyrics of "Why this Kolaveri Di" are likely to be the reason why the song and its video went viral on the Internet in November?
 * ALT3 ... that the music video for the Tanglish song "Why this Kolaveri Di" had more than 10 million YouTube hits in the two weeks after its posting? --Orlady (talk) 06:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Marking as ready for re-review (by somebody other than me). --Orlady (talk) 17:17, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Looks fine now, I suggest ALT3. -- ɑηsuмaη  ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ 10:11, 18 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Tanglish is long enough, new enough and has enough footnotes. I'm turning ALT3 into a double-hook. --PFHLai (talk) 12:54, 18 December 2011 (UTC)