Talk:Airmail (fresco)

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Did you know... that Airmail (pictured), a fresco featuring a barefoot and barechested flying mailman, was commissioned to commemorate one of the first American airmail facilities?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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.

The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:26, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Airmail

... that Airmail (pictured) features a barefoot flying mailman and was commissioned to commemorate one of the first American airmail facilities? Chicago Tribune

Reviewed: Rough sex murder defense

Moved to mainspace by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 28 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Verified that the article is long enough, that there are no plagiarism concerns through the Copyvios tool and spotchecking, and that the hook is sourced in the article. Cunard (talk) 09:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also verified that the image is free and is used in the article. Cunard (talk) 09:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

American or not[edit]

As @2A01:36D:1200:404D:F546:5F77:C243:2131: wished to discuss the nationality of the painting. We shall have it here. I say it should be for context of the painter and the subject matter. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:02, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Then what would you suggest for the wording? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:04, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Simply "fresco painting by American painter Edwin Boyd Johnson". --2A01:36D:1200:404D:F546:5F77:C243:2131 (talk) 09:07, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, but nationality of either does need to be mentioned. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:10, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Which is why I want to have "fresco painting by American painter Edwin Boyd Johnson". --2A01:36D:1200:404D:F546:5F77:C243:2131 (talk) 11:07, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Paintings don't have nationalities.[edit]

For example, we don't call the Mona Lisa Italian, The Scream Norwegian, ec. So why call this American? --2A01:36D:1200:404D:F546:5F77:C243:2131 (talk) 09:02, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]