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A fact from Harpya appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Raoul Servais invented a new technique for combining animation and live action for his short film Harpya?
There's no need for reference 2, as Servais' position as writer-director has been cited in the body, and leads shouldn't have citations whenever possible.
"...finds a man strangling a woman in a fountain." Previously there's already "the cries of a woman" and there's only one woman in this film, so it should be "the woman in a fountain."
"He made his first animated short film in 1959"-- link animation and short film.
"He envisioned it as a comedy horror film"-- link comedy horror.
It was linked above as "horror parody", but this looks better.
"...about a harpy, a winged, female monster from Greek mythology." I don't think we need this definition of harpy here since it's already stated in the plot section; if you feel like this extension is useful you can put it in the plot, but it shouldn't be here as it's repetition.
"Harpies are for example known from the Argonautica" --> "Harpies are for example known from the Greek poem Argonautica"
Above at the infobox there's ref 1 for the 9 minutes claim. To make the lead citation-free, I'd suggest modifying the second sentence to "With a running time of nine minutes,[1] it was the third time one of Servais' short films was selected for the festival; he had previously participated with Goldframe in 1969 and Operation X-70 in 1972.[27]"
"...and Wim de Poorter of Ons Erfdeel"-- remove "Wim de" and "of Ons Erfdeel" as it has been established in Production who Poorter is and where he worked for.
"...the director's most individual film"-- you mean individualist? Or...? Because individual means "single; separate" nnd "of or for a particular person"
Changed to "unique", which is the word used in the source.
"1979 Annecy festival --> "1979 Annecy International Animation Film Festival".
And that wraps the GAN for this article! Probably one of the fastest (but still thorough) GANs I've reviewed. It's comprehensive, written well article for a masterpiece. PassedGeraldWL13:59, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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.
... that Raoul Servais invented a new technique for combining animation and live action for his short film Harpya? Source: "...I wanted to try out something new, something that lay between animation and live action. ... So I had to develop a technique of my own that would allow me to combine the two film techniques." Raoul Servais: The Wizard of Ostend
ALT1: ... that critics have discussed whether or not the short film Harpya is misogynist? Source: "The film is little shocking but it would be a mistake to read it as misogynist." Animation: A World History, "Ça l'ennuie quand on dit que c'est un film misogyne." [It annoys him when one says it's a misogynist film.] Cinergie, "On the face of it, the film is a misogynist fable... And yet Harpya doesn't seem that offensive." Notebook
Just watched the film. Quite bizarre... and oddly appetizing. Article was promoted to GA within seven days of nomination, is plenty long enough and written in a neutral tone. Earwig revealed no close paraphrasing. Checking the few English e-book sources I couldn't spot any close paraphrasing between them and the article either. QPQ done. I approve ALT0 as the more interesting of the two; hook fact checks out. DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:45, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Passed GeraldWL 13:59, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Just watched the film. Quite bizarre... and oddly appetizing. Article was promoted to GA within seven days of nomination, is plenty long enough and written in a neutral tone. Earwig revealed no close paraphrasing. Checking the few English e-book sources I couldn't spot any close paraphrasing between them and the article either. QPQ done. I approve ALT0 as the more interesting of the two; hook fact checks out. DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:45, 15 December 2021 (UTC)