A fact from George T. McDonald appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that philanthropist George McDonald founded the advocacy group
Doe Fund after his homeless friend "Mama Doe" died in the cold on Christmas day after she was ejected from New York's
Grand Central?
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Ktin That is a better choice as it preserves the name he is known by. I updated the dab page but I wouldn't rename the article as it messes up the DYK nomination. I'm ready to tick this, but I am worried by the image - which we could use under fair use as its provenance at commons is dubious.
Victuallers (
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09:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
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Its long enough, the subject is notable, it has sufficient refs. The photo isn't used in the DYK. The hook is hooky and referenced. I did some copy editing and it would be good to go,but the QPQ is claimed/promised but not done.Victuallers (
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23:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC) (I copy edited the hook - OK?)reply
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Victuallers: Thanks for the copyedit on the hook. Looks good. Now that I think of it, can we add an image as well? I believe the image that is in the article should meet DYK requirements. Please advise. Thanks.
Ktin (
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00:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Not happy with the image - it looks like a crop by someone who was not the photographer. This would get it stalled if it is questioned at commons. Rest of the stuff looks fine
Victuallers (
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08:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks
Victuallers. Fair enough. The uploader seems to have self-certified that they are the copyright holder. Also, the uploader's username might give some more information. Please have a look and let me know of your thoughts. If we need to take this outside of this page, I am happy to do so. Copying
Cwmhiraeth as an FYI.
Ktin (
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02:39, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply
I'm not intending to hold this up. The image is labelled as fine. My point is that its provenance is dubious and the image may be challenged once it is on the main page. So good to go but my stage whisper is to not put this in an image slot. The hook length is less than 200 chars if "pictured" is not included.
Victuallers (
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08:15, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from George T. McDonald appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 March 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that philanthropist George McDonald founded the advocacy group
Doe Fund after his homeless friend "Mama Doe" died in the cold on Christmas day after she was ejected from New York's
Grand Central?
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Ktin That is a better choice as it preserves the name he is known by. I updated the dab page but I wouldn't rename the article as it messes up the DYK nomination. I'm ready to tick this, but I am worried by the image - which we could use under fair use as its provenance at commons is dubious.
Victuallers (
talk)
09:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Did you know nomination
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
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Its long enough, the subject is notable, it has sufficient refs. The photo isn't used in the DYK. The hook is hooky and referenced. I did some copy editing and it would be good to go,but the QPQ is claimed/promised but not done.Victuallers (
talk)
23:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC) (I copy edited the hook - OK?)reply
@
Victuallers: Thanks for the copyedit on the hook. Looks good. Now that I think of it, can we add an image as well? I believe the image that is in the article should meet DYK requirements. Please advise. Thanks.
Ktin (
talk)
00:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Not happy with the image - it looks like a crop by someone who was not the photographer. This would get it stalled if it is questioned at commons. Rest of the stuff looks fine
Victuallers (
talk)
08:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)reply
Thanks
Victuallers. Fair enough. The uploader seems to have self-certified that they are the copyright holder. Also, the uploader's username might give some more information. Please have a look and let me know of your thoughts. If we need to take this outside of this page, I am happy to do so. Copying
Cwmhiraeth as an FYI.
Ktin (
talk)
02:39, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply
I'm not intending to hold this up. The image is labelled as fine. My point is that its provenance is dubious and the image may be challenged once it is on the main page. So good to go but my stage whisper is to not put this in an image slot. The hook length is less than 200 chars if "pictured" is not included.
Victuallers (
talk)
08:15, 9 February 2021 (UTC)reply