Talk:Crazy About One Direction

Crazy About One Direction is currently a Film good article nominee. Nominated by jolielover♥talk at 18:02, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: 2013 documentary film

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A fact from Crazy About One Direction appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 May 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a false viral rumour claimed 42 people committed suicide after their homoerotic fan art was included in the film Crazy About One Direction?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:12, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a viral hoax claimed 42 people committed suicide after their homoerotic fan art was included in the film Crazy About One Direction?

Source: Asquith, Daisy (14 July 2016). "Crazy About One Direction: Whose Shame Is It Anyway?" (PDF). In Bennett, Lucy; Booth, Paul (eds.). Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781501318450. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2025.

ALT1: ... that One Direction fans were not crazy about Crazy About One Direction? Source: * Asquith, Daisy (14 July 2016). "Crazy About One Direction: Whose Shame Is It Anyway?" (PDF). In Bennett, Lucy; Booth, Paul (eds.). Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781501318450. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2025.^: 1

Julia, Jameson (19 December 2021). "'Story of My Life': Why One Direction fans are still participating". Southwestern Mass Communication Journal. 37 (1): 1–19. doi:10.58997/smc.v37i1.97.^: 3

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Comment: ALT1 meaning: directioners (fans of one direction) did not like the film. could be a last hook.

Created by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

jolielover♥talk 19:29, 30 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article is new enough, long enough and no copyvio. Both hooks are cited and imo interesting. Leaning towards ALT0 because it might be easier to understand. The synopsis is uncited which is allowed per MOS:FILM, so no issues there. Everything else seems well sourced except for a few minor problems that I'll list below. BuySomeApples (talk) 07:02, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolielover: Under reception, it says "The film faced backlash for addressing Larries," can you clarify that this was backlash from fans?
In the line about Payne "claiming he "couldn't give a fuck" about Channel 4", per the source it seems like he was talking about the documentary not the channel. Once these are fixed I'll take another look. BuySomeApples (talk) 07:02, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BuySomeApples: Added clarity on who the backlash was from (it was from fans), and changed 'Channel 4' to 'the programme', I misinterpreted it and thought he said that about the channel. jolielover♥talk 08:31, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Jolielover: this nom looks ready! BuySomeApples (talk) 02:39, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]