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Did you know... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2?
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... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the
Queen Elizabeth 2?Source: "In retirement, Pitcher wrote a memoir, “The Dogs Who Came to Stay” (1996), about two of those dogs — Lupa, a stray pregnant dog who turned up in their gardening shed, and one of her pups, Remus (they found homes for the other pups). They took their dogs everywhere, including to restaurants and to France on the QEII." (
Princeton University office of communications
New enough (per move from draft space), long enough, well written (significantly better prose than some other DYK candidates I've been looking at), and adequately sourced. Interesting hook, within rules. QPQ done. However, Earwig finds significant
close paraphrasing from Pitcher's Princeton obituary (the most frequent source), more than can be explained by the use of proper names and set phrases:
Our article: He was an expert on George Berkeley and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Obituary: He was an expert on ... Ludwig Wittgenstein and George Berkeley
Our article: After graduating, he served for three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, Pitcher was recalled to active naval duty during the Korean War. Obituary: After graduating ... served three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War
Our article: Edward T. Cone was Pitcher’s companion for almost 50 years, until Cone's death in 2004. Obituary: Edward T. Cone ... became Pitcher's life companion for almost 50 years, until his death in 2004.
Our article: a piece of generative software that creates a musical work by interweaving 1973 recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones, and the sound of the wind. Each time it is activated, it performs a new version of itself. Obituary: a piece of generative software that interweaves recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton in 1973 with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones and the sound of the wind; it performs a new version of itself each time it is activated.
A fact from George Pitcher (philosopher) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the
Queen Elizabeth 2?Source: "In retirement, Pitcher wrote a memoir, “The Dogs Who Came to Stay” (1996), about two of those dogs — Lupa, a stray pregnant dog who turned up in their gardening shed, and one of her pups, Remus (they found homes for the other pups). They took their dogs everywhere, including to restaurants and to France on the QEII." (
Princeton University office of communications
New enough (per move from draft space), long enough, well written (significantly better prose than some other DYK candidates I've been looking at), and adequately sourced. Interesting hook, within rules. QPQ done. However, Earwig finds significant
close paraphrasing from Pitcher's Princeton obituary (the most frequent source), more than can be explained by the use of proper names and set phrases:
Our article: He was an expert on George Berkeley and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Obituary: He was an expert on ... Ludwig Wittgenstein and George Berkeley
Our article: After graduating, he served for three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, Pitcher was recalled to active naval duty during the Korean War. Obituary: After graduating ... served three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War
Our article: Edward T. Cone was Pitcher’s companion for almost 50 years, until Cone's death in 2004. Obituary: Edward T. Cone ... became Pitcher's life companion for almost 50 years, until his death in 2004.
Our article: a piece of generative software that creates a musical work by interweaving 1973 recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones, and the sound of the wind. Each time it is activated, it performs a new version of itself. Obituary: a piece of generative software that interweaves recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton in 1973 with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones and the sound of the wind; it performs a new version of itself each time it is activated.