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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 02:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC).

Miscellany

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Frontispiece and title page to eighteenth-century miscellany, illustrating a bog-house and title page to The Merry Thought: or, The Glass-Window and Bog-house Miscellany

  • ... that about 1,000 English poetry miscellanies – collections of texts by different authors (example illustrated) – were published in the 18th century?
  • Comment: Moved to mainspace on April 23, so nom is clearly a few days late, but this is a substantial piece by a first-time editor & I think deserves a little indulgence.

Created/expanded by BridgenAJ (talk),nominated by User:Johnbod (talk) at 18:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC).

time indulgence granted for such a substantial and beautiful article! Good sources, but I don't find the hook fact given in the citation behind it. I would also like to see a few more paragraphs with a citation. The pic is free, but not too impressive in small size. The pictures in the article: they should not appear left of a heading, or left right under a heading, I suggest to rearrange. The hook: can we perhaps speak about things like popularity, rather than just a number? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Note 14? None of the relevant pics are ideal. I'll ask for more refs, but only 2 paras mostly listing titles with links and one in the lead don't have them. Johnbod (talk) 22:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
A picture doesn't have to be ideal, - I would prefer the one from the infobox that has miscellany in the title. The lead doesn't need any refs, as a summary, but the two paras could say where those listed titles come from, please. - I find the hook fact near the end, with ref 36. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:14, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
We've both made changes, & I hope the refs are ok now. The picture used does have "miscellany" in its long title, and perhaps you are unaware of the meaning of "bog-house" = toilet, which I think gives this one the edge in DYK terms. The book claims to be in part a collection of writings taken from the walls of toilets by "the Polite part of the World". Maybe I should try a hook spelling that out. Johnbod (talk) 12:51, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for adding! Please format from external links within the text to proper refs. I still don't see a citation for the 1000 printed in the 18th century in what is now ref41 ("Ragtime to riches, a musical legacy at the Bodleian Library"), only impressive 900 boxes. What do I miss? - Please format the left pics as described above. We can follow the MOS even if TFA doesn't, every day, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
The creator has now done lots of work on the links & refs which I think are ok. I can't see that MOS:IMAGELOCATION includes these points - it used to years ago, until the software was fixed. Ref 3 now leads to "... there were approximately a thousand published between 1700-1800," - I've changed "over" to "about" in the hook. Johnbod (talk) 17:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that one 18th-century English poetic miscellany (illustrated) claimed to include "the Lucubrations of the Polite Part of the World, written upon walls, in Bog-Houses"? (same picture as above) Perhaps more fun. Johnbod (talk) 17:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I am happy with the sourcing now, and Imagelocation changed since I saw it last. Sorry, I'm not a MOS person, but I like pics better right of the heading ;) - What do you think of a less specific combination of number and fun:
ALT2: that one of about 1,000 English poetry miscellanies of the 18th century is The Merry Thought: or, The Glass-Window and Bog-house Miscellany (pictured)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
ALT3 that one of about 1,000 English poetry miscellanies of the 18th century included "the Lucubrations of the Polite Part of the World, written upon walls, in Bog-Houses" (pictured) ? still only 166 chars. Same pic. Johnbod (talk) 17:46, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Where in ALT3 would "pictured" go? What page in the source says "lucubrations"? Please place behind it, for teh rulez. - Sorry, that clever wording sounds a bit foreign to me ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Pictured added. The quote is on the frontispiece illustrated. Well I suppose it is foreign for you, but it has period character, & I think "written upon walls" is necessary to explain the hook. Johnbod (talk) 18:00, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I took the liberty to move pictured, as it is the very one.
ALT3 preferred, offline sources accepted AGF, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:10, 6 May 2013 (UTC)