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ALT1:... that a pair of blue slippers with a wolf's head pattern, held by the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, which belonged to Irish revolutionary leader
Michael Collins, went viral online in 2021? Source: "Michael Collins' wolf slippers spark Twitter storm". BBC News. 27 February 2021
Query on the pic. Expansion checks out. Neutral & nicely written. All hooks check out - I think the first & ALT1 are better than ALT2. The shorter versions may be required. Unfortunately, the pic file suggests the photo was taken by NMI staff, & a link is given to a page saying NMI images are released on Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 licence, which I don't think is enough for MP. Pity, as the pic is great. Earwig is up to its daily limit, so I'll have to return.
Johnbod (
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17:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Sorry, "main page", where licence requirements are extra-strict. The uploader seems to have made two contradictory statements as to the terms, & we have to follow the more restrictive.
Johnbod (
talk)
17:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Actually, it may be
User:BotMultichillT on Commons causing the problem - see the history. If this is an "unofficial" photo by a curator, that might escape the museum's standard copyright terms, & be ok.
Johnbod (
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17:28, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
There are a number of nice pictures of the museum itself, that image only makes sense with one hook, so it's not a do or die! And yes, it would be the curator's own image :) Thanks so much!
Smirkybec (
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17:31, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Earwig does pick up "such as Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania and a pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone whilst imprisoned in the Barracks" from geograph.ie. Can you muss that up a bit?
Johnbod (
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00:52, 28 May 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 June 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Museums, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
museums on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MuseumsWikipedia:WikiProject MuseumsTemplate:WikiProject MuseumsMuseums articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IrelandWikipedia:WikiProject IrelandTemplate:WikiProject IrelandIreland articles
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.
ALT1:... that a pair of blue slippers with a wolf's head pattern, held by the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, which belonged to Irish revolutionary leader
Michael Collins, went viral online in 2021? Source: "Michael Collins' wolf slippers spark Twitter storm". BBC News. 27 February 2021
Query on the pic. Expansion checks out. Neutral & nicely written. All hooks check out - I think the first & ALT1 are better than ALT2. The shorter versions may be required. Unfortunately, the pic file suggests the photo was taken by NMI staff, & a link is given to a page saying NMI images are released on Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 licence, which I don't think is enough for MP. Pity, as the pic is great. Earwig is up to its daily limit, so I'll have to return.
Johnbod (
talk)
17:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Sorry, "main page", where licence requirements are extra-strict. The uploader seems to have made two contradictory statements as to the terms, & we have to follow the more restrictive.
Johnbod (
talk)
17:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Actually, it may be
User:BotMultichillT on Commons causing the problem - see the history. If this is an "unofficial" photo by a curator, that might escape the museum's standard copyright terms, & be ok.
Johnbod (
talk)
17:28, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
There are a number of nice pictures of the museum itself, that image only makes sense with one hook, so it's not a do or die! And yes, it would be the curator's own image :) Thanks so much!
Smirkybec (
talk)
17:31, 25 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Earwig does pick up "such as Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania and a pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone whilst imprisoned in the Barracks" from geograph.ie. Can you muss that up a bit?
Johnbod (
talk)
00:52, 28 May 2021 (UTC)reply