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Echoes (Pink Floyd song) has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
November 6, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed
December 2, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 19, 2021.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Roger Waters thought The Phantom of the Opera's main theme was ripped off from Pink Floyd's "Echoes"?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:53, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Roger Waters thought The Phantom of the Opera's main theme was ripped off from Pink Floyd's "Echoes"? Source: "The song largely hangs on the iconic riff, often played via a gruesome church organ, that starts the track, and it is this riff that Waters claims to be a direct rip off of the Pink Floyd song, using the time signature to the same devastating effect." (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-pink-floyd-roger-waters-inspired-the-phantom-of-the-opera/)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ticktack
Comment: Missed the 50th anniversary of its release by a few weeks; still, better late than never.

Improved to Good Article status by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:49, 3 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@Ritchie333: the article reached GA status on 2 December, far surpasses the minimum length, sourcing is naturally excellent. Neutrality issues and plagiarism have not been detected. The hook is sufficiently short and definitely interesting. The fact is in the article and is backed up by the content of a reliable source. QPQ by the nominator confirmed. There is one small issue that I'd like to raise before I waive this through: would it be better to have another preposition before after "was ripped of"? Perhaps 'ripped off from' or 'ripped off of'? Modussiccandi (talk) 16:50, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve tweaked the hook accordingly Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:28, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great, good to go now. Best, Modussiccandi (talk) 13:57, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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