Talk:Fly with Me (musical)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:52, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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Program for Fly With Me

• ... that Fly With Me (program pictured), one of the first collaborations between Rodgers and Hart, was written for the 1920 Varsity Show? Source: [1], p. 31-32
  • ALT1: ... that the 1920 Varsity Show Fly With Me (program pictured) depicted students overthrowing Soviet Russia? Source: https://www.thevarsityshow.com/about-sing-a-song-of-morningside
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Slater Rebow

Created by Normsupon (talk). Self-nominated at 23:41, 2 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fly With Me (musical); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• New, long enough, finely written, no copyvio, image looks PD and free to use in the hook as well. Hooks verified except for one annoying bit: the ALT mentions the Soviet Union, which did not exist until 1922; the source used has a more carefully worded mention of "Soviet system". I would suggest that the link used in the hook, and in the article as well, be on "Soviet Russia" (note the piping). The original hook is also not interesting and, technically, not directly sourced in the article. Dahn (talk) 10:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

  @Dahn Article and hook have been updated. Normsupon (talk) 04:59, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

• ALT 1 good to go. Dahn (talk) 06:00, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
  • @Dahn and Normsupon: the source mentions that the show depicted students overthrowing the Soviet system "on a Soviet-ruled island off the coast of North America." I don't see any reference to overthrowing the entirety of Soviet Russia, unless that's just the implication. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:38, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
    • Indeed. How about "overthrowing communism on a Sovietized island"? Dahn (talk) 18:14, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
      • ALT2: ... that the 1920 Varsity Show Fly With Me (program pictured) depicted students overthrowing communism on a Sovietized island? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:39, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

        @Theleekycauldron: Do these hooks this technically violate the "no plot summaries in DYK hooks" rule? (Personally I'm sure I have broken this rule in the past and seen it broken many times...and I wish it weren't a rule...but thought it was worth checking.) Cielquiparle (talk) 08:37, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

        hmph. Technically, yes, and on the balance, I just barely don't see a reason to take IAR here. I mean, I find it curious that such a depiction would happen at Columbia at 1920, but I don't think every reader is gonna put it together. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:43, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

        • To clarify, then, it seems ALT1 and ALT2 are ruled out...but that ALT0 is technically ok (though it possibly falls down for interestingness reasons). Cielquiparle (talk) 10:06, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Striking ALT1 & ALT2 so there is no confusion. See the updated "Plot" section in the article. Those ALT hooks seem rather off-base. Contemplating an ALT3. Cielquiparle (talk) 09:31, 9 September 2023 (UTC)