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Did you know nomination

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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk06:35, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which was started in the 1920s, for a college credit?
    • ALT1:... that Alex Anderson, who has been called the "queen of quilting", had her first studio in a guest bedroom?

Converted from a redirect by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

  • I renamed the article title and fixed the DYKmake. SL93 (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • New enough (created August 31 from a previous redirect whose older content is on an unrelated person) and long enough (not including the block quote). Well enough written (a little choppy, with many short sentences without enough connection to each other, but not a big enough problem to block DYK) and well sourced. QPQ done. The only copying found by Earwig was the long properly-marked block quote. The main hook is more interesting to me than ALT1; both are adequately sourced, although per DYK rules the main hook source needed an explicit footnote on its own sentence. Rather than delay promotion I fixed that very minor issue myself. After that, we're good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

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I didn't want to mess directly with the article while you're working on DYK, but the text in the article seems a bit more indirect than the hook. After looking at the source, I suggest changing When Anderson was a credit away from receiving an art degree from San Francisco State University and in her last class, she finished her grandmother's quilt, which was started in the 1920s. to When Anderson was a credit away from receiving an art degree from San Francisco State University, she finished a quilt that her grandmother started in the 1920s for her last class. The current version says the last class is when she finished the quilt, not why (which is the interesting part of the hook). Just a suggestion, though. Good luck on your DYK! Schazjmd (talk) 22:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]