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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:48, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Source: In June 2021, the The Living Tombstone remix of the 2012 song "Discord" by Odyssey Eurobeat went viral on social media. The song was named after and themed around the eponymous character from Friendship Is Magic, a mischievous draconequus known for causing chaos and disharmony.[1] The song became especially popular among the Generation Z crowd on TikTok, who made parodies, lip-syncs, and dances based on the song.[2] Several users who used the song in their videos reported that they had been previously unaware of its My Little Pony origin.[1]
Created by GregariousMadness (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

GregariousMadness (talk to me!) 23:12, 10 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article was brand new at the time of page creation, no qpq needed and earwig is clean. All of the hooks are cited and interesting. There are some minor nitpicks with the article and hooks that I'll add below. Awesome job making this article btw! BuySomeApples (talk) 22:51, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • The lede says ""even fostering collaborations between fan creators and official show talent", this should be rephrased to be something more like ""even fostering collaborations between fan creators and official actors from the show" or "even garnering acknowledgement and collaborations from the show's crew" since that's closer to what the body of the article states.
  • Refs 2 and 3 in the lede don't support the information there. It makes sense to remove those refs from the lede. since the information is verified further down in the article anyway.
  • I don't see the Cracked article in the page, but it isn't needed to verify ALT0 anyway.
  • ALT1 is interesting but it might be nicer if it was shorter. Something like "My Little Pony fan music has developed its own music subgenres like "Dubtrot" (a brony version of dubstep) and "Ponybeat" (brony-inspired Eurobeat)?"
  • In "Post-My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic era", some redundant text can be removed "The song was named after and themed around the eponymous character from Friendship Is Magic, a mischievous draconequus known for causing chaos and disharmony".
  • "Other notable brony musicians not mentioned above include Alex S., Acoustic Brony, WoodenToaster, PrinceWhateverer, Forest Rain, PinkiePieSwear, Replacer, DustyKatt, and Mic the Microphone.[2][11][17][29]" Can this be reworded so the musicians are mentioned more naturally in the article instead of seeming like an unnecessary list?
  • That's all for now, I'll take another look once you make these changes. BuySomeApples (talk) 22:51, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b c Haasch, Palmer (2021-06-10). "A song called 'Discord' is going viral on TikTok, but not all creators realize it's a fan-made 'My Little Pony' song popular among 'bronies'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  2. ^ Tennes, Carly (2021-05-27). "Zoomers Have Apparently Discovered The Brony Fandom". Cracked.com. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  3. ^ Abisola, Shojobi (January 3, 2025). "The MIT Project That Paved Way For Modern Voice AI". Independent. Archived from the original on February 27, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
    • @BuySomeApples: Hi! Thank you for the review. I've addressed the concerns above to the article — could you take a look and see if everything looks good now? GregariousMadness (talk to me!) 23:08, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks @GregariousMadness:! I appreciate you doing that, there are just a few more (tiny) changes for tone and sourcing that jumped out at me.
      • "AI song covers sung by the cast of Friendship Is Magic have also become popular" - Are these covers imitating the cast or actually involving the cast?
      • "Vylet Pony had previously gained recognition for albums like can opener's notebook: fish whisperer that reached the top of Rate Your Music's 2022 chart, further demonstrating the reach of brony music beyond its dedicated fandom."
      • "The fandom's musical diversity expanded with artists like" - This might sound a little promotional. There are a few other passages in the paragraph that probably shouldn't be in wikivoice, like "contributed to the scene" or "became a classic" (that last part could be changed to "was described as a classic by X".
      • "The fandom's musical output is considered unique in its enormous volume" - unique in comparison to what?
      • "EverFree Radio's 2011 countdown identified nearly 5,000 pony-related songs and subsequently streaming brony music 24 hours a day." - The wrong ref is here and the first sentence is a little confusing.
      • "As the brony community grew, music creation became one of its most distinctive and prolific creative outlets." - Neither ref says this exactly. After you fix these, the article looks ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:39, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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