Template:Did you know nominations/Streets of Minneapolis

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The result was: promoted by Darth Stabro (talk) 18:42, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Streets of Minneapolis

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• Streets of Minneapolis
• ICE protest songs

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• ... that Bruce Springsteen wrote, recorded, and performed "Streets of Minneapolis" live during a surprise appearance at a benefit concert in the same week? Source: TwinCities.com
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1990 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
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Created by Elli (talk), Jengod (talk), JasonH1978 (talk), and theleekycauldron (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 22 past nominations.

Elli (talk | contribs) 19:08, 31 January 2026 (UTC).

• @Elli: Awesome new article! It inspired me to write ICE protest songs, so I wonder what you'd think about me squishing them into a double nomination?
  • ALT1: ... that Bruce Springsteen's ICE protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis", was reportedly written the day Alex Pretti was killed and performed live the same week?
• Let me know what you think :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:18, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Works for me (though I'd cut "reportedly"). Elli (talk | contribs) 23:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
    • All of the sources do quote to Springsteen, but it should be reliable per WP:ABOUTSELF, so:
      • ALT1a: ... that Bruce Springsteen's ICE protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis", was written the day Alex Pretti was killed and performed live the same week?
    • oh, and here's Sandra Caron for my QPQ :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 23:46, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Will review both in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 05:38, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

@Elli and Theleekycauldron: Apologies for the delay. ICE protest songs is long and new enough, QPQ done, Earwig's clean. Disgusted that the see also hatnote allows more than two parameters given WP:SEAOFBLUE, but that's not a DYK criterion. Streets of Minneapolis is also long and new enough and QPQ done; glamshamescape.com and The Daily Record are almost certainly copying us, please confirm. I can't see any reason why either would deserve a maintenance template. ALT1a is sourced to the website which wouldn't be due in prose, but would be fine in the infobox, so I'm ticking this (though suggest that it end at 'killed'). Also, the Official Charts Company reported a couple of days ago that this was set to become Springsteen's first UK Top 20 single since 1997,[1] so if it does and anywhere picks up on it I might suggest something like ALT2: ... that an ICE protest song became Bruce Springsteen's first UK Top 20 single since 1997?.--Launchballer 11:52, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: thanks for the review! It looks like another user violated copyright policy w/r/t The Daily Record; I've removed the offending text and referred that user to CCI. GlamSlamEscape does indeed look like a backwards copy (source, Jan. 31; article, Jan. 30). theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 14:44, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the double! (They count as two QPQs, so are useful during backlog mode.) Let's roll.--Launchballer 14:52, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Turns out the single made #92, so a) isn't terribly likely to make a secondary source and b) renders my ALT2 moot. ALT1a remains approved.--Launchballer 17:59, 6 February 2026 (UTC)