Template:Did you know nominations/Pauline Koner

The following is an archived discussion of Pauline Koner's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination"s (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the Did you know (talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.

The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 09:28, 19 March 2013 (UTC).

Pauline Koner

(

)

... that choreographer Pauline Koner was inspired to dance after seeing Anna Pavlova perform The Dying Swan?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shaul Ladany
Comment: Suggest holding it till March Women's History Month.

Created by Dr. Blofeld (talk), Rosiestep (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 00:26, 25 February 2013 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough, adequately referenced, and no close paraphrasing seen. The hook is great (and verified). But it just doesn't seem comprehensive enough; as I read it, I wondered what was her claim to fame, other than a bunch of newspapers eulogizing her after her death. There seems to be a lot more information that could have been pulled from the sources – e.g. The New York Times article is very descriptive on her early successes. I added a bit more about her "retirement" years; could you fill it out more with the sources you have? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:33, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Since when did a DYK need to be comprehensive?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:45, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

ALT1: ~~... that Pauline Koner, who performed in the dance companies of Michel Fokine, Michio Itō, and José Limón, choreographed Doris Humphrey's best known work?~~ --Rosiestep (talk) 02:36, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

ALT1 is also verified – but it's not as good as the original hook. What about expanding the article a bit with all the sources you have? Yoninah (talk) 22:17, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your review, but I'm confused. Are you saying that the article does not meet DYK qualifications (i.e. character count), or that you don't care for the hooks? IMO, hooks about dance legends are interesting, but they may not be everyone's cup of tea. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:30, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm saying that both hooks are fine and hook refs are verified, but I prefer the original hook, which is what drew me into the review in the first place. But the article doesn't seem complete enough, and you have additional information in the sources you cite to flesh it out. Yoninah (talk) 09:48, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to expand it, I'm not, it's fine as it is.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

I did expand it, from Rosiestep's submission of 1679 characters to 2402 characters (this does not include Dr Blofeld's addition of 63 characters to the lead on March 4). I would appreciate being listed as a co-creator. Original hook ref verified and good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:46, 18 March 2013 (UTC)