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Date	Process	Result
November 13, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
November 28, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 1, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 2, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
January 2, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 4, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
January 29, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
January 22, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
January 22, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
January 31, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 9, 2007	Featured topic candidate	Promoted
June 16, 2010	Featured topic removal candidate	Demoted
September 20, 2011	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
March 13, 2016	Featured article review	Demoted
September 7, 2016	Good article nominee	Not listed
June 5, 2020	Peer review	Reviewed
June 21, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
July 31, 2020	Good topic candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 3, 2020. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Gwen Stefani's song "Hollaback Girl" was the first single ever to sell more digital downloads than CDs?
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Remixes

There's one more remix you might have to add to the list. I remembered there being a 12" vinyl of a Fingazz remix featuring singer/rapper Diamonique. Given the age of the song, the vinyl of it may have already disappeared; however, the remix does appear on Fingazz's discography. ElMeroEse (talk) 01:11, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FAR might be needed

From a glance, I'm not sure this is up to FA-standards. The lead doesn't include genres, critics' opinions, or anything on the music video. The "track listings" section is unreferenced, and so is most of "In pop culture". I'm also not sure if the audio samples are really beneficial. I'll check back in a week or so to see if any improvements have been made. Otherwise, I will list this at FAR. Snuggums (talk / edits) 22:24, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Peer review the fourth

I plan on taking this article back to WP:PR, but I already have another article waiting to be responded to – once that's out, I'll put mine in. Thatone~~weird~~wikier | Say hi 16:41, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Gwen Stefani's song "Hollaback Girl" was the first single ever to sell more digital downloads than CDs? Source: Stefani, Peas Lead Singles Boom

Reviewed: Exempt

Improved to Good Article status by Thatoneweirdwikier (talk). Self-nominated at 15:02, 21 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Substantial article, meeting of GA criteria implicates DYK pass. Article was promoted to Good status within 7 days of nomination. Editor is QPQ exempt. Hook is interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK. I will note that DYK does get an abundance of "[article] was the first [blank]" hooks submitted so editors occasionally recommend that nominators submit one or two alternate hooks, but I personally think this hook is interesting enough to stand on its own. Morgan695 (talk) 04:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review! User:Thatone~~weird~~wikier | Conversations and Contributions 06:22, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]