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A fact from Samson and Hercules sculptures appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 October 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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.
... that a sculpture of
Hercules, one of the Samson and Hercules sculptures in
Norwich, was replaced by a
replica in 1890, while the original
Samson sculpture survives? Source: "While Samson survived centuries of outdoor exposure, Hercules decayed beyond repair and was replaced by a copy in 1890."
[1]"Two decades later, the original Samson has returned to public view in Norwich after a dramatic makeover."
[2]
I shall take a look. Schwede66 04:50, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Please delete the "External links" section and place the Commons box under the heading "References" as per
MOS:ELLAYOUT. The article is new enough and long enough. Referencing is adequate. Article is neutral. I see one DYK credit and three current nominations, hence the user is QPT-exempt (and you should state that as part of your nomination). Earwig is clean. I find the hook interesting enough, and the various facts are verified. However, I wonder whether we could have a bit of fun with the hook; maybe something like this.
Say what you think of ALT1. If it's acceptable to you, we'll need someone else to confirm the hook fact. Otherwise, the nomination is good to go (just clean up the empty section as per the above). Schwede66 04:59, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Happy with ALT1, and I have cleaned up the empty section. Forgot to state I was still QPT exempt, sorry!
JamJamSvn (
talk) 13:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Would also like to know how I can make the article's title non-itallic as the sculptures have no official name. If anyone can help with that, that would be great!
JamJamSvn (
talk) 13:25, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
It’s the use of the infobox that causes the italics, but there is nothing to the documentation on how to turn that off. I’d ask at
WP:Village pump (technical). Schwede66 17:14, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
I should state that it's all good.
But given that I suggested ALT1, somebody else needs to check that hook fact, please. Schwede66 10:46, 18 September 2023 (UTC)reply
I like ALT1 but am confused – is it not Samson that survives? So Samson lost Hercules rather than the way it's written? But the fact is supported by the BBC reference.
DrThneed (
talk) 05:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Samson and Hercules sculptures appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 October 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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.
... that a sculpture of
Hercules, one of the Samson and Hercules sculptures in
Norwich, was replaced by a
replica in 1890, while the original
Samson sculpture survives? Source: "While Samson survived centuries of outdoor exposure, Hercules decayed beyond repair and was replaced by a copy in 1890."
[1]"Two decades later, the original Samson has returned to public view in Norwich after a dramatic makeover."
[2]
I shall take a look. Schwede66 04:50, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Please delete the "External links" section and place the Commons box under the heading "References" as per
MOS:ELLAYOUT. The article is new enough and long enough. Referencing is adequate. Article is neutral. I see one DYK credit and three current nominations, hence the user is QPT-exempt (and you should state that as part of your nomination). Earwig is clean. I find the hook interesting enough, and the various facts are verified. However, I wonder whether we could have a bit of fun with the hook; maybe something like this.
Say what you think of ALT1. If it's acceptable to you, we'll need someone else to confirm the hook fact. Otherwise, the nomination is good to go (just clean up the empty section as per the above). Schwede66 04:59, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Happy with ALT1, and I have cleaned up the empty section. Forgot to state I was still QPT exempt, sorry!
JamJamSvn (
talk) 13:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Would also like to know how I can make the article's title non-itallic as the sculptures have no official name. If anyone can help with that, that would be great!
JamJamSvn (
talk) 13:25, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
It’s the use of the infobox that causes the italics, but there is nothing to the documentation on how to turn that off. I’d ask at
WP:Village pump (technical). Schwede66 17:14, 17 September 2023 (UTC)reply
I should state that it's all good.
But given that I suggested ALT1, somebody else needs to check that hook fact, please. Schwede66 10:46, 18 September 2023 (UTC)reply
I like ALT1 but am confused – is it not Samson that survives? So Samson lost Hercules rather than the way it's written? But the fact is supported by the BBC reference.
DrThneed (
talk) 05:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)reply