Template:Did you know nominations/Thorne miniature rooms
- 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 Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 16:59, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
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Thorne miniature rooms
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Thorne miniature rooms chandelier detail
... that the Thorne miniature rooms (pictured) include original paintings by Fernand Léger, Hildreth Meière, Amédée Ozenfant, and Léopold Survage and sculptures by John Storrs?Source: "Meticulous and miniature: The Thorne Rooms of the Art Institute" by Jessie LaFree
- Reviewed: Astrid Medina
Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 15:53, 29 September 2018 (UTC).
- Article - New: nominated just after being mainspaced from user draft. Length: well over 1500 characters. Policy: not unduly positive or promotional, all information cited appropriately. I have some minor issues with turns of phrase similar to the Phoenix Art Museum website: "featured in a 1940 LIFE magazine article. Twenty of the original", as well as the list of museums in the lead with the numbers in brackets after each, are directly from the museum website. If possible they should be rephrased - I think there must be another way to mention the number of pieces per museum.
- Hook - length and formatting are ok. However, I think this hook is a bit of a case of "burying the lede" - the paintings by famous artists are neat and all, but focusing on them kind of skates over the incredibly cool fact of the rooms themselves. A hook that focused on rooms would be way more interesting. Like:
- ALT1:... that Narcissa Niblack Thorne commissioned over 100 miniature rooms known as the Thorne miniature rooms (pictured) replicating historical interiors from Europe and North America on a 1:12 scale...? Source: NY Times: "The institute's Thorne Miniature Rooms collection [...] detailed re-creations, on a scale of one inch for every foot, of English, French and American household interiors [...] by Mrs. Narcissa Niblack Thorne [...] and her team of skilled craftsmen made over 100 pint-size period rooms."
- I'm open to other opinions or versions but I think that's more compelling on a base level because it focuses on the rooms themselves. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review, Premeditated Chaos. I've addressed your concerns about copyvio, and I would be perfectly happy with ALT1 as the hook. Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 14:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Looks good to go, basically just need another reviewer to confirm the second hook since I can't confirm my own proposed alternate. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:12, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
Approved: Long enough, new enough, well-cited, neutral and free of copyvio. Hook is neutral, well-formatted, interesting, and cited in article. QPQ verified. Image displays well and released under CC licence. – Reidgreg (talk) 17:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review, Premeditated Chaos. I've addressed your concerns about copyvio, and I would be perfectly happy with ALT1 as the hook. Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 14:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
