Talk:Sounds of North American Frogs

A fact from Sounds of North American Frogs appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1950s album of frog calls developed a cult following?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Vaticidalprophet talk 16:15, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 1950s album of frog calls developed a cult following? Source: "Sounds of North American Frogs was originally issued in 1957, and developed a cult following among progressive music listeners"
- ALT1: ... that a 1950s album of frog vocalizations developed a cult following? Source: "Sounds of North American Frogs was originally issued in 1957, and developed a cult following among progressive music listeners"
- ALT2: ... that Sports Illustrated called a herpetologist "the Toscanini of the frog world" for his album of frog calls? Source: "It is the last word in frog recording, not a rock 'n' roll approach but a faithful capturing of solos and symphonies, with a masterly interpretation by Mr. Bogert, the Toscanini of the frog world."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Vatican Rag

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self-nominated at 15:38, 7 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sounds of North American Frogs; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Nice article. All 3 of the hooks work, would suggest original or ALT1. Sports Illustrated should probably be linked in ALT2. hinnk (talk) 00:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]