Talk:Gordon Ellis

A fact from Gordon Ellis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the maritime painter Gordon Ellis had his first commission published when he was just 13 years old?

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Did you know nomination

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 Bruxton (talk) 15:58, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the maritime painter Gordon Ellis had his first commission published when he was just 13 years old? Source: Davidson, Arthur Samuel (1986). Marine Art & Liverpool Painters, Places & Flag Codes, 1760-1960. Waine Research Publications. pp. 120–124. ISBN 0905184106. Even at this age there was a promise of professional potential when he achieved his first commission with the Liverpool Daily Post.
- Reviewed: no QPQ as 3rd nomination

Created by ResonantDistortion (talk). Self-nominated at 22:16, 11 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gordon Ellis; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Hi ResonantDistortion (talk), review follows: article created 11 May and exceeds minimum length; I added a short lead to prevent the article being tagged (which would disqualify it); hook is interesting, I altered the wording slightly as "published his first commission" didn't read right to me, feel free to amend it; hook is mentioned in the article and cited offline, happy to AGF that the source supports this; article is cited inline throughout; sources used look reliable, I wasn't sure about HMSConway.org but its only used in conjunction with three other references so should be OK; I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; a QPQ is not required. Looks good to me, nice work! - Dumelow (talk) 07:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review Dumelow (talk), and for your improvements to the article. I support your edits to the hook - that is a skill I am working on. ResonantDis_tortion 07:34, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]