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C. M. Russell Museum Complex

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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 Crisco 1492 (talk)

... that in 1966, the C. M. Russell Museum Complex in Montana wanted to tear down its namesake's home (pictured) even as it was about to receive National Historic Landmark status?

Reviewed: Stag Inn, Hastings

5x expanded by Tim1965 (talk). Self nom at 23:07, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:

Hook

Length, format, content rules: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interest: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image suitability, if applicable: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ALT hooks, if proposed:

Article

Length: Gamaliel (talk) 14:58, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vintage: x5+ Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutrality: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Copyvio: Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting:

A statement regarding George Gund ~~and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art~~ is cited to footnote 23, but that article does not appear to mention either one. Gamaliel (talk) 15:17, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? The NY Times article says... "and in Indianapolis (the Eitelbjorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, 16 works)." The NY Times misspells the name (or perhaps it's Wikipedia which misspells the name). But it's clearly there. (IT's the Eiteljorg Museum Web site which mentions Gund.) - Tim1965 (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what happened. The NYT spelled the name of the museum incorrectly and it didn't show up when I did a Ctrl-F. Sorry about the confusion. It does not mention Gund so perhaps a citation to the Eiteljorg Museum website is also warranted. Gamaliel (talk) 21:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A number of small issues like over reliance on parenthesis. Author should take another proofreading pass to catch minor issues. Gamaliel (talk) 16:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If it's about "small issues", please consider using {{DYK?}} instead of {{DYKno}}. --PFHLai (talk) 20:41, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are absolutely right, that's what I should have used and I've corrected my error. Gamaliel (talk) 03:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments/discussion:

There's an overreliance on local sources here. Some issues, like the firings of Dear and Wollins, could be expanded using articles from the Associated Press that I was able to find via Lexis/Nexis. The controversy in the hook appears to solely rely on the NPS document, but it is a comprehensive one. Gamaliel (talk) 16:34, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's great you have access to Lexis/Nexis. Most of us don't. Perhaps you could add these, as you have the resource? - Tim1965 (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your article contains at least four citations to AP articles so a reasonable person could assume you had some sort of access. Regardless, I'm always glad to assist anyone without access so feel free to let me know if you ever need it. Gamaliel (talk) 21:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A bit slow going sometimes, with an overreliance on dry minutiae and not enough info on the interesting controversies that pop up here and there. But overall a very good and very comprehensive article, and great for DYK once the immediate issues are addressed. Gamaliel (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The author has made some additions/copyedits and I think this is ready to go. Gamaliel (talk) 03:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]