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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 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 PrimalMustelid talk 03:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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Charles Knight (artist)

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  • ... that Charles Knight's wartime painting activities led to him being mistaken for a German spy? Source: Judy Middleton (2002), The Encyclopaedia of Hove and Portslade, vol. 8, p. 53. Taken from the biography of Knight on pp. 52–53. Scan of pages available on request to Hassocks5489.

Created by Matthewfoliverathotmaildotcom (talk), Spinster300 (talk), and Hassocks5489 (talk). Nominated by Hassocks5489 (talk) at 11:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Charles Knight (artist); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Review follows:
  • New enough
  • Long enough
  • Hook fact is interesting, and stated in the article. WP:AGF on the offline citation.
  • Earwig is unlikely, but running a little high at 30%. Some of this is a little hard to rephrase however, for example one should not change text such as the Royal Society of Painters.
  • I have removed the picture gallery - all the images are proposed for deletion d/t copyvio. Article is otherwise presentable and cited throughout. Easily meets GNG - Art UK alone has 10 artworks.
  • QPQ done.
All in all good to go and great first article Matthewfoliverathotmaildotcom. ResonantDistortion 17:34, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
Matthewfoliverathotmaildotcom could you quote briefly from the 2 cited pages where it verifies the hook? Rjjiii (talk) 23:22, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Pinging the nominator who may be able to assist @Hassocks5489:. ResonantDistortion 07:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Will do when I get home this evening, or tomorrow at the latest. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 09:21, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Full quote including preceding context: "At the outbreak of war, Knight very much wanted to enlist in the RAF but his colleagues insisted that he should stay at college, and so he served part-time in the Home Guard and Civil Defence. In the event, his staying put enabled him to embark in 1940 on the 'Recording Britain' project on behalf of the Pilgrim Trust. He executed 40 magnificent watercolours for them, some of which were painted locally. The idea was to record buildings and landscapes which might be devastated by war. However, people were apt to misinterpret his interest, and once he was mistaken for a German spy." @ResonantDistortion and Rjjiii: Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 22:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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