Talk:Surprise (song)

A fact from Surprise (song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that "Surprise" by Chloe Bailey was hand-picked by Beyoncé?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 21:22, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that "Surprise'" by Chloe Bailey was hand-picked to be released by Beyoncé, from a batch of three songs? Source: Vibe
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anyone here been raped and speaks English?

Created by VersaceSpace (talk). Self-nominated at 05:14, 7 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting song and picking history, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I'd like to see in a hook that she originally asked her the public to pick, but that's perhaps hard to word in short. I have a few concerns regarding the article:

It's borderline in length. Could you expand a bit, the lead, the reception, the description? To be not in danger of it being too short when only one word is cut.
I don't know what inside a mind would mean, vs. in a mind (unless the length thingy mentioned above).
Reading she is pictured without a shirt lets me imagine in pants without a shirt. Better say that only her upper body is pictured, lying on her belly (or however to express that you won't see her breast), with no clothes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:23, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt:, thank you for your suggestions. I've tried to tend to them. I've added to the lead a bit which I think pushes it more over the line. I'm a bit lazy right now, which is why I didn't peruse any sources to look for more content. Full transparency :) —VersaceSpace 🌃 02:19, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

fine with me --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:17, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]