Template:Did you know nominations/Monotron
- 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 Bruxton (talk) 21:42, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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Monotron
- ... that the "FrankenSynth" is a heavily modified Korg Monotron? Source: http://ask.audio/articles/this-frankensynth-is-actually-a-heavily-modded-korg-monotron
- ALT1: ... that the Korg Monotron was the company's first analogue synthesizer in over two decades? Source: https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/korg-monotron-262689
- ALT2: ... that the "FrankenSynth", named by Ask.Audio, is a heavily modified Monotron synthesizer? Source: http://ask.audio/articles/this-frankensynth-is-actually-a-heavily-modded-korg-monotron
- ALT3: ... that the Korg Monotron was the audio technology company's first analogue synthesizer in over two decades? Source: https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/tech/korg-monotron-262689
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- Comment: I believe this is my last time I don't need a QPQ
Converted from a redirect by Schminnte (talk). Self-nominated at 02:25, 22 January 2023 (UTC).
The article does appear to meet DYK requirements and the hooks are cited inline and verified. I didn't find any close paraphrasing. A QPQ is not required. I'm not really a big fan of either hook since they seem to be reliant on knowing what Korg is. Neither hook seems to be that intriguing unless you're familiar with the brand. Perhaps other alternative hooks or hook angles can be proposed here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:42, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: I've added two new hooks which are variations of the originals. Please check them out. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 10:28, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Schminnte: Thank you for the suggestions. I've checked all the sources in the article; however, only the Ask.Audio source actually calls the synth the "FrankenSynth", and while the other two sources do discuss it, they don't use that name. Was "FrankenSynth" the name given by the creator, or is it Ask.Audio's creation? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: the ask.audio source is the only one yes. I think the term was created by them. If this is a problem, we could go with ALT3 instead? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 12:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Schminnte: I'm afraid not, as ALT3 doesn't address my original concerns about intriguingness to a non-specialist audience. What I could suggest is making a new version of ALT2 that attributes the nickname to Ask.Audio. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:50, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: I've updated alt2, will that do? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 13:10, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- Actually, the wordings I was thinking about were something like this:
- How do these sound? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:14, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5: Nice, I'm fine with those. I prefer alt2a. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 13:17, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I suppose those work. Leaving the final choice to the promoter (I'm more partial to ALT2b since it doesn't seem that Ask.Audio is a well-known site and I think it needs context). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
