Talk:Peter Strausfeld

A fact from Peter Strausfeld appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after fleeing the Nazis in 1938, Peter Strausfeld befriended the manager of London's top art house cinema and designed their posters until his death in 1980?

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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 Cielquiparle (talk) 15:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that for 33 years, Peter Strausfeld created posters for each film shown at the Academy Cinema, London's leading art house?~~ Source: Peter Strausfeld plus BBC
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Canton Coolie Corps

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 21:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - see comments
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - see comments
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Edwardx: Nice article, but two things. 1: I can't find where in the source it says that Peter Strausfeld made the posters for each film, just that he held the job for 33 years. 2: I may be wrong but what makes travel top country mag a reliable source. if these two things are addressed than I can approve the nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:38, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Edwardx: Still with us? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:37, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry for the delay. Thank you, Onegreatjoke and Narutolovehinata5. Cannot find any source that explicitly says that Strausfeld designed each and every poster, so have added an ALT1 below. I agree that the source is not great, and have found an earlier source, Christie's, that says much the same, so have tweaked the article accordingly. Have struck ALT0. Edwardx (talk) 19:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that Peter Strausfeld fled from the Nazis in 1938, but was interred on the Isle of Man from 1940-41, where he befriended the manager of London's leading art house cinema, and designed their posters until his death in 1980?

At 222 characters, that's way above the 200 character limit and thus is unsuitable. The hook will need to be cut down significantly. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 18:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, schoolboy error. Have trimmed it to 197, as ALT1a. Edwardx (talk) 18:48, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1a ... that Peter Strausfeld fled the Nazis in 1938, but was interred on the Isle of Man, where he befriended the manager of London's top art house cinema, and designed their posters until his 1980 death?

That's still on the long side (and guidelines give reviewers the discretion to decline hooks slightly below the 200 character limit). Maybe that can be made even more concise? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:16, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Edwardx: Would you be fine with this simplification?

ALT1b ... that after fleeing the Nazis in 1938, Peter Strausfeld befriended the manager of London's top art house cinema and designed their posters until his 1980 death?

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:20, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Narutolovehinata5. Yes, that is quite okay. Trying to cram too much into a hook is usually a mistake! Edwardx (talk) 23:12, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for the delayed response: @Onegreatjoke: ALT1b is ready for review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:43, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:53, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]