Template:Did you know nominations/Carolyn Price Horton

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:34, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Carolyn Price Horton

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Mud Angels cleaning pages in the Florence railway station, 1966

• ... that conservator Carolyn Price Horton helped to direct a "Mud Angel army" that rescued books (pictured) after the Arno River flooded museums and libraries in Florence, Italy in 1966? Source: https://blog.cmog.org/2017/08/07/the-gallantry-of-a-mud-angel/ "Carolyn Price Horton was an essential part of the Mud Angel army, providing her expertise in book conversation." https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/florence%E2%80%99s-mud-angels "on 4 and 5 November 1966, the River Arno broke over its banks and flooded Florence, leaving one ton of mud for every person in the city and devastating the Renaissance city’s artistic and historical treasures. Churches, museums and libraries, all filled with works of art, were inundated with mud"
  • ALT1: ... that conservator Carolyn Price Horton was called a "Mud Angel" for her work rescuing books, after the Arno River flooded museums and libraries in Florence, Italy in 1966? Source: As above
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Isobel Cooper

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 20:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC).

• I'll take this for review. Dwkaminski (talk) 17:36, 17 January 2023 (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: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Well referenced article and extremely interesting. Prefer the original hook as I think Mud Angel Army is more intriguing than calling the woman a Mud Angel. Perhaps wikilink Arno River in hook but don't feel strongly about it. Great job! Dwkaminski (talk) 17:43, 17 January 2023 (UTC)