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The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 16:06, 16 November 2022 (UTC)reply
ALT1: ... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by
Dmitri Shostakovich was a "manifestation of conformity" that was "better not to remember"? Source: Fenomen Dmitriya Shostakovicha by Levon Akopyan, p. 565
New, finely written, long enough, hooks interesting and check out (I would suggest mentioning the satirist by name in the original hook; my personal preference is with the punchier ALT). QPQ not done and concerned about the copyright tag on the image (suggests that a wikimedia user took a photo of Shostakovich in 1974, which is prima facie absurd).
Dahn (
talk) 07:57, 11 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for looking it over! I'll take care of the ALT and QPQ later today. As for the image, the Wikimedia user could have been in their 20s or 30s when they took the photo, making them late 60s–early 80s now. Considering we recently had a
fellow editor who made it to the grand age of 90, it's very possible the copyright tag is accurate. —
CurryTime7-24 (
talk) 16:16, 11 November 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Dahn: QPQ and new ALT all set. Let me know if everything is OK! By the way, as I suspected, the copyright tag on that photo of Shostakovich from 1974 was accurate. The user who uploaded it was
Yuri Shcherbinin, an active
Wikipedian at the Russian and Ukrainian projects, as well as
Wikimedian; he died in 2019. Shcherbinin was also a notable musicologist, arts administrator, historian, and museum curator in Ukraine. Currently translating and expanding his Russian article, so stay tuned for more on this very fascinating individual. —
CurryTime7-24 (
talk) 00:54, 13 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Perfect then, all checks out.
Dahn (
talk) 13:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from March of the Soviet Militia appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 November 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical music, which aims to improve, expand, copy edit, and maintain all articles related to
classical music, that are not covered by other classical music related projects. Please read the
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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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The result was: promoted by
RoySmith (
talk) 16:06, 16 November 2022 (UTC)reply
ALT1: ... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by
Dmitri Shostakovich was a "manifestation of conformity" that was "better not to remember"? Source: Fenomen Dmitriya Shostakovicha by Levon Akopyan, p. 565
New, finely written, long enough, hooks interesting and check out (I would suggest mentioning the satirist by name in the original hook; my personal preference is with the punchier ALT). QPQ not done and concerned about the copyright tag on the image (suggests that a wikimedia user took a photo of Shostakovich in 1974, which is prima facie absurd).
Dahn (
talk) 07:57, 11 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Thanks for looking it over! I'll take care of the ALT and QPQ later today. As for the image, the Wikimedia user could have been in their 20s or 30s when they took the photo, making them late 60s–early 80s now. Considering we recently had a
fellow editor who made it to the grand age of 90, it's very possible the copyright tag is accurate. —
CurryTime7-24 (
talk) 16:16, 11 November 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Dahn: QPQ and new ALT all set. Let me know if everything is OK! By the way, as I suspected, the copyright tag on that photo of Shostakovich from 1974 was accurate. The user who uploaded it was
Yuri Shcherbinin, an active
Wikipedian at the Russian and Ukrainian projects, as well as
Wikimedian; he died in 2019. Shcherbinin was also a notable musicologist, arts administrator, historian, and museum curator in Ukraine. Currently translating and expanding his Russian article, so stay tuned for more on this very fascinating individual. —
CurryTime7-24 (
talk) 00:54, 13 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Perfect then, all checks out.
Dahn (
talk) 13:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)reply