Talk:The World Is to Dig

User:The_Twists_and_Turns, do we think we should put this article as a draft instead of as a mainspace article for the time being? It is currently completely unsourced and lacks any information besides "this album is coming and will release." It might be better to work on it in a draft until it is fully onto the site. Let me know what you think! :) IzzySwag (talk) 19:49, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello @IzzySwag. That sounds good, and I will move it to a draft article. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 19:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Incredible, thank you! Excited to work on this article with you :) IzzySwag (talk) 19:55, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey folks. Looking at WP:ALBUMCAPS, and at MOS:TITLECAPS, I believe the title of this article should be "The World Is to Dig" -- with the word "to" not capitalized. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 00:30, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Mudwater. Yes, that is correct. When TMBG writes about the album, the "to" is usually not capitalized. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 00:36, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Generally the titles of album articles follow the capitalization guidelines linked to above, whether or not the musical artist uses the same capitalization. But it sounds like that's a moot point in this case. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 00:44, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @IzzySwag. Do you think the article should move from a draft to a mainspace one? I think the article is good: It has citations and more information than just that The World Is to Dig will be released. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 19:16, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

I think we should wait until we have a source for the tracklisting again. Right now, that's unsourced despite the previous confirmation of it. Once that gets confirmed again, I feel we should be good to go. IzzySwag (talk) 19:27, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 19:30, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @IzzySwag and @Mudwater. I think that this article can now be published because there is an album cover and the track listing is confirmed by the band. Trying to delete the article titled "The World Is to Dig", I accidently created another article titled "The World Is to Dig2". Could you please delete both of those redirect articles so I can move this draft to "The World Is to Dig" and publish the article? Thank you. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 22:10, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

I requested speedy deletion for the accidental article and moved over the draft into the mainspace article.

Just a heads up that in the future, this could have been continuined in the previous discussions :) IzzySwag (talk) 22:15, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @IzzySwag and @Mudwater. The World Is to Dig article right now does not have a paragraph stating about the album cover (how the painting on it is a reproduction of "A View of Yosemite Valley" and who is credited for making the cover). I would like for the "Release" section to have information on that and would like to find reliable sources about it. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 23:54, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I think this would be a good addition but should go in a dedicated Artwork section or even just the lead if it's only a sentence or two. IzzySwag (talk) 23:57, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree. Yes, we could make an Artwork or Album cover section and put the information on the cover there. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 23:59, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Maybe we can add the section when a reliable source comes out about it. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 16:49, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes. Just gotta wait for the source. IzzySwag (talk) 16:52, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @IzzySwag. Multiple citations have information on the vinyl release. Having information on the vinyl release is encyclopedic because it is one of the main formats of The World Is to Dig. Also, information on it is not unlike the other releases in the article. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 02:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

They have a passing mention of it, that does not make it encylopedic to have. See WP:NOTEVERYTHING. "Information should not be included solely because it is true or useful. An article should not be a complete presentation of all possible details, but a summary of accepted knowledge regarding its subject."

We already say there is a vinyl release of the album (the LP record), there is no need to include information about additional variants. IzzySwag (talk) 02:02, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. Although the color variant vinyl does not need to be fully mentioned, April 17 is still a release date of The World Is to Dig so therefore April 17 should still be one of the release dates of the album in the article. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 02:07, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

No, it's just an additional release of the album, not the release. Let's use film releases as an example. Dead Man's Wire released limitedly in theaters on Jan 9th, 2026, before having a wider release the next week on the 16th. But, on the infobox, the release is only listed as Jan 9th.

This additional release of the vinyl is not as notable as a movie expanding into more theaters (which received its own individual coverage) so I believe we should just keep the release date as only April 14th. IzzySwag (talk) 02:11, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good. We do not need to state the color variant vinyl release date nor it itself. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 02:15, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Great, glad you came here to discuss it so I can help explain my reasoning better! :)

Have a good one! o7 IzzySwag (talk) 02:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @IzzySwag. Do you think that there should be information on the studio in which this album was recorded? If so, what citations can you find about it, what information on it is best, and should it have its own section or sentence in recording? The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 02:34, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

I think if you do have any information on what studio it was recorded in, it should just be one sentence in the production section & be included in the infobox. IzzySwag (talk) 12:23, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

• ... that the album cover for The World Is to Dig is of Yosemite Valley?

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I created this article and would like this to be in the Did You Know. The source that I put is also in The World Is to Dig's article. The date I put is the date that I requested for this to be in the Did You Know.

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 02:49, 22 March 2026 (UTC).

• Thank you for creating this article. Unfortunately, it is not eligible for DYK because it was not expanded five-fold within the week prior to the nomination. According to the DYK Check tool, the article's five-fold expansion began 11 days prior to its nomination on 11 March. Within the week before the nomination (going back to 14 March), it was expanded 4.77x. While WP:DYKNEW permits wiggle room of "a day or two upon request", it does not authorize reviewers to grant a four-day grace period. The Twists and Turns, I recommend bringing this article to Good Article status and renominating it after that time (paying attention to the seven-day window of eligibility). I also recommend submitting an alternative hook at that time, as this one is not hooky and merely recites a fact that would be obvious to most people who view the cover and unlikely to be interesting. Dclemens1971 (talk) 05:32, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
• Reopening this nomination per discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Should_The_World_Is_to_Dig_be_reopened?, where (I will note for promoter's and queuer's reference) consensus was to grant an exception to the lack of a full 5x expansion within the 7 days prior to nomination. Discussion there continues as to the hook itself, which I will leave for a new reviewer. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:15, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that the album cover of The World Is to Dig, which depicts Yosemite Valley, was almost of a sinkhole? (Source: "Ep538: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants Returns!". The Vinyl Guide podcast; Interviews for Record Collectors & Music Fans. March 16, 2026.) The Twists and Turns (talk) 20:47, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Overall: CharlesMichael2002 (talk) 00:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

• Per further discussion at DYKT, the nominator's personal solicitation of a review and the first-time reviewer's acknowledgement that I have no idea what I'm doing, I am requesting a fresh review of ALT1 against the DYK criteria from an uninvolved reviewer. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:30, 30 March 2026 (UTC)