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... that British indie rock band Girl Ray named themselves after the surrealist visual artist Man Ray?

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/06/new-band-of-the-week-girl-ray-no-142-lo-fi-pop

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Comment: First expanded article from a stub on 20 June. That version might be slightly under the fivefold threshold, but current version should be long enough (24 June). Don't know if the fivefold expansion needs to be in one fell swoop, or if it's ok if done in the seven day timeframe. Apologies if this isn't formatted correctly, this is my first DYK submission so still learning!

5x expanded by Abirose (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Abirose (talk) 15:24, 24 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Regrettably, the fivefold expansion threshold has still not been met. This assessment was done through DYK Check, but I've also double-checked the numbers: the article was originally at 567 characters of prose and is currently at 2757 characters, meaning that it has only been expanded 4.86x, just shy of the 5x mark.

However, given that it's so close and that this is your first nomination (not to mention that this article is still in the 7-day timeframe from its first expansion on the 20th), I'll give you an opportunity to expand the article a bit more instead of outright failing the nomination. I'd suggest looking for information about what the band has been up to between 2022 and the present day, and perhaps changing some of the structure to prose (see WP:PROSELINE). Let me know when you've expanded this article, and I'll finish up the review :) Leafy46 (talk) 17:51, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing and giving me some grace, I really appreciate it! I've updated the article and it should be over the x5 threshold now. By my count it's at around 3,390 characters (although I've learnt I can't trust my maths haha!) Thanks again :) Abirose (talk) 11:18, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant, the size looks good enough now. Time for a proper review.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - I think I may be a bit picky here and ask that the citations be given consistent names (particularly how some of them are "Under the Radar Magazine" and others are "undertheradarmag.com"). Also, fix the irregular commas and citations in the "Musical style" section.

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Great job for your first DYK submission! Earwig shows a 10.7% similarity, which is excellent. I genuinely could find very little about the article to nitpick or make suggestions on, so I've left my only concerns above. Leafy46 (talk) 17:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. I've tidied up the punctuation and fixed the source names now – that's on me for not double checking what the automatic citation throws out! Abirose (talk) 10:38, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful, thank you for your hard work on this article! I'm happy to approve the hook, and will eagerly wait to see it hit the front page :) Leafy46 (talk) 15:24, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]