Talk:Australian Flying Arts School

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 19:47, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the founder of the Australian Flying Arts School took flying lessons so that he could travel throughout the Queensland Outback providing art lessons to its inhabitants? Source not online
  • ALT1:... that the founder of the Australian Flying Arts School flew over 400,000 km (250,000 mi) on more than 1250 trips to teach art in remote areas of Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands? Source: "In 1971, a Queensland artist with a plane and a vision of bringing art to the bush and beyond founded The Flying Arts School. ... During his time at the helm of Flying Arts from 1971 to 1983, Moriarty made more than 1250 trips, flew more than 400,000km, visited more than 25 different locations in remote and regional Queensland numerous times, and delivered 20,000 individual tutorials to local artists. From south-west Queensland to the Torres Strait Islands" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
  • ALT2:... that the Australian Flying Arts School now uses a wide variety of vehicles to reach areas of Queensland to teach art, including a station wagon specially equipped to repel kangaroos? Source: "The delivery method for Flying Arts’ real time programs has changed considerably ... artists travel two or three times a year to 60 or more communities and schools. They also use bus, train and hire car as well as a company station wagon outfitted with a ‘shu-roo’, a sonar device that chases kangaroos away from headlights."

• Reviewed: Shaheen Bagh protest

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 04:25, 8 April 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The nomination looks alright, meeting all the criteria, and I'd prefer the first hook, but as a new reviewer, I'd like a second opinion. 17jiangz1 (talk) 04:24, 19 April 2021 (UTC)