Template:Did you know nominations/A Boy with a Flying Squirrel
- 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 Bilorv (talk) 13:35, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
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A Boy with a Flying Squirrel
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A Boy with a Flying Squirrel
... that the painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (pictured) by John Singleton Copley was brought from Boston to London by Roger Hale, who delivered the painting to Captain R. G. Bruce who delivered it to Lord Cardross who delivered it to Joshua Reynolds for a 1766 exhibition?Source: Roberts 2014, pp. 21, 23
- Reviewed: The Sleepers (poem)
- Comment: Draft was created on March 25, but draft was finished and moved to mainspace on April 15.
Created by GeneralPoxter (talk). Self-nominated at 16:43, 15 April 2021 (UTC).
- Image is freely licensed and is used in article. Hook is supported by RS. Article is new enough in mainspace and long enough. QPQ done, and article is policy compliant. However, there is one catch. I believe that DYK hooks are required to be cited directly at the sentence where the hook appears inline, and the various people who held the painting in transit do not have that citation. Add a few superfluous citations in here, and it will be good to go, @GeneralPoxter:. Hog Farm Talk 18:55, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hog Farm, thanks for the notice. I added some more inline citations while trying not to be excessive. Let me know what you think of its current state. GeneralPoxter (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
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- Errr @Hog Farm: and @GeneralPoxter:; even with the "that" and "pictured" removed, the proposed hook far too long at 258 characters. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- The C of E, ALT1: ... that John Copley's 1765 painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (pictured) was taken to London by Roger Hale, who sent it to R. G. Bruce who sent it to Lord Cardross who sent it to Joshua Reynolds for exhibition? Source: Roberts 2014, p. 23 GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 16:44, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
195 characters now. Carry on. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- @The C of E: - Shoot, I forgot that was a requirement. Hog Farm Talk 17:04, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- @GeneralPoxter and Hog Farm: I hate to ask for another hook because I think it's good, but a quirky hook doesn't get an image slot and I think it would be great to use the image. You don't have to, though, it could go ahead anyway. Kingsif (talk) 11:24, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, I gathered I was probably pushing the envelope by submitting this hook in the first place, so here's an alt in case ALT1 doesn't work out. ALT2: ... that the 1765 painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (pictured) by John Singleton Copley was lauded as a "very wonderfull Performance" by Sir Joshua Reynolds? Source: Barratt & Staiti 1995, p. 215 GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 16:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
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- Sorry to drag this out further but did you mean to approve ALT2 rather than ALT1, Kingsif, or did you end up deciding that ALT1 is acceptable? (And for ALT2, might we want a [sic] on "a wonderfull Performance"?) — Bilorv (talk) 12:37, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that the 1765 painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (pictured) by John Singleton Copley was lauded as a "very wonderfull [sic] Performance" by Sir Joshua Reynolds? GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 12:58, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bilorv: Ah - Alt2, thanks for checking. I don't think the [sic] is all that necessary, but promoter's choice. Kingsif (talk) 12:59, 17 May 2021 (UTC)