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Gimme What I Don’t Know (I Want)

RedShellMomentum 03:31, 20 January 2026 (UTC).

Overall: @RedShellMomentum: The article was recently promoted to GA status, is long enough, sourced, and poses no copyvio issues. No QPQ is required as this is the nominators fifth nomination. I am concerned however, that this hook doesn’t pass WP:DYKFICTION. Are there any alternative hooks that you can propose in its place. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:13, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

@TheDoctorWho: How about “… that music critics were divided on whether Justin Timberlake‘s “Gimme What I Don’t Know (I Want)” was an effective opener for The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2?” This is the only one I can give right now, as I have to go to bed. RedShellMomentum 04:20, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

@RedShellMomentum: That’s better than the initial one, although I’d still proposing a few more alternatives that may appeal more to a general audience. I’m unsure if people who aren’t already fans of Timberlake would find this interesting. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:08, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

One possible solution is to avoid mentioning the album title by name to make it more general:

ALT1a … that music critics were divided on whether Justin Timberlake‘s “Gimme What I Don’t Know (I Want)” was an effective album opener?

Other possible hook angles involve the review quotes, but given how their themes, I’m not sure if they would survive WP:DYKGRAT concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:23, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

I like that one, but I don’t think “album” needs to be linked. RedShellMomentum 03:43, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

@TheDoctorWho: Thoughts on the newly proposed hook? RedShellMomentum 19:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

I was in the middle of replying when you just pinged me 😅. I do feel that ALT1a is much more likely to pique the interest of general audiences (it did mine), so approving it with that hook. Nice work! TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:07, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

@RedShellMomentum and Narutolovehinata5: Actually apologies, upon a secondary review of that hook, I unfortunately think that might be a WP:SYNTH issue? There doesn’t appear to be a direct source stating that critics were divided on it. Essentially the article is stating that because (A) one critic believed it was a proper opener and (B) another critic didn’t that (C) critics were divided (an unsourced statement). Is there a source that directly verifies this? TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

• @TheDoctorWho: The article is lacking in other hooky material, so the only other option I can see is:

ALT2 … that a reviewer called a Justin Timberlake song a “clunky jungle-as-sex metaphor”?

Given the association with sex, and it being a review quote, I’m not sure if it would meet DYKGRAT or DYKINT, but this is the best I can think of. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:47, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I feel ALT2 works, as a non-Timberlake fan it interests me enough to want to know more. I don’t personally know if the mention of sex is a problem, but I’ll go ahead and approve this (if it is an issue, I assume we’ll get a mention before it makes it to the main page). TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:59, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

@RedShellMomentum: Are you okay with ALT2? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes. RedShellMomentum 01:01, 31 January 2026 (UTC)