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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 28, 2024. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that photographs of Donald Trump* taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?*

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Strauss, David Levi (July 3, 2024). "This Is Not a Just Image". The Brooklyn Rail (July/Aug 2024). ISSN 2157-2151. Retrieved 2024-09-09.

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The result was: promoted by Sohom Datta talk 11:05, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?

Source: https://archive.fo/yJPJj

ALT1: ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been called "one of the most iconic [...] in American history"? Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-photo-flag-iconic-bullet-f668b7dcc7b365a319a5daaac582775d
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Created by Hallucegenia (talk) and Levivich (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

User:WoodElf 02:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

ALT2: ... that Evan Vucci, who photographed Donald Trump raising his fist after an assassination attempt, also photographed the George W. Bush shoeing incident? Sources: Telegraph, Australian Levivich (talk) 18:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- That's a good one.—Alalch E. 19:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will do a full review for this nomination shortly. Yue🌙 17:05, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:

Prose was checked for copyright violations; no issues arose. A number of references were spot-checked for verification; no issues arose. All three hooks are verified, but I strongly prefer and recommend ALT2. Yue🌙 17:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An NYT article connecting it to populism

Hello Wikipedians. I'm currently in class (and on my phone), so I can't add this, but NYT just put out a piece connecting the raised fist's progressive past to Trump's populist narrative: Donald Trump and the Meaning of a Raised Fist https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/opinion/trump-fist-gesture.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Jk4.qM29.6tPwKe5EpuZJ

This is a gift article, so modify the link if you decide to add it. Ornov Ganguly TALK 14:02, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]