Talk:Selfish (Britney Spears song)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Songs, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of songs on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SongsWikipedia:WikiProject SongsTemplate:WikiProject Songssong

Britney Spears

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Britney Spears, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Britney Spears on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Britney SpearsWikipedia:WikiProject Britney SpearsTemplate:WikiProject Britney SpearsBritney Spears
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

A fact from Selfish (Britney Spears song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Britney Spears's 2011 song "Selfish" reached number one on the iTunes chart in 2024?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Selfish (Britney Spears song).

Wikipedia

Submission for approval

I see this draft was created several days ago, yet there's already a live article for Selfish (Britney Spears song) which only redirects to the Femme Fatale album. @TommiF677 are we waiting for something? I think you need to submit it for approval. Pokémon Spears (talk) 00:07, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2011 chart run

I think the article is also missing the chart positions of the song from 2011, if someone could help with that, it would be great. I only know it debuted on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart on 04/16/2011 but there might be more. Pokémon Spears (talk) 00:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 03:59, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that Britney Spears's 2011 song "Selfish" reached number one on the iTunes chart after the release of the Justin Timberlake song in 2024? Source: Variety
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/GBI (German Bold Italic)

Moved to mainspace by TommiF677 (talk). Nominated by MaranoFan (talk) at 07:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Selfish (Britney Spears song); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Suggested alts:

ALT1: ... that in 2024, fans helped drive Britney Spears's 2011 song "Selfish" to number one on the iTunes chart, in response to her ex-boyfriend's release of a song with the same name?
ALT2: ... that Britney Spears's 2011 song "Selfish" reached number one on the iTunes chart in 2024? Gatoclass (talk) 10:27, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going with ALT2 as it focuses most on this specific track for its intriguing point, also it doesn't have any WP:EASTEREGG issues unlike ALT1 with the piping of "her ex-boyfriend's". No need to discuss how Britney fans planned this out of spite towards Justin. All three hooks are backed by the same link used here (which is quite credible), no copyright issues found, article is more than long enough plus was nominated less than 24 hours after being moved from draft to mainspace, and QPQ has been provided. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:35, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]