Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Neville Cardus

Neville Cardus

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 2, 2013 by Bencherlite^Talk 15:28, 26 March 2013‎ (UTC)

Neville Cardus (1888–1975) was an English writer and critic. He became cricket correspondent of The Manchester Guardian in 1919, and its chief music critic in 1927, holding both posts until 1940. His contributions to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his generation. He considered music criticism as his principal vocation. Without any formal musical training, he was initially influenced by Samuel Langford and Ernest Newman, but developed his own individual style of criticism—subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast to the objective analysis practised by Newman. Cardus's opinions and judgments were often forthright and unsparing, which sometimes caused friction with leading performers. Nevertheless his personal charm and gregarious manner enabled him to form lasting friendships in the cricketing and musical worlds, with among others Newman, Thomas Beecham and Donald Bradman. Cardus spent the Second World War years in Australia, where he wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and gave regular radio talks. In his last years he became an inspirational figure to aspiring young writers. (Full article...)

As said above, same day birthday, the person wrote on cricket and classical music, a highly unusual combination. A compromise might be to have this 3 April, the other 4 April, because when the fourth begins it's still the third in the US. 2 points for 125 years, I would add 1 point for unusual, debatable, of course, - no points for "old article" because the authors recently developed it for the day, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

• Blurb trimmed to 1,197 characters. Pushing Kinkaid to 4th April would mean pushing Angelou back a day too. Perhaps Cardus on the 2nd? Bencherlite^Talk 22:20, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

How could I forget Angelou? sorry! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:28, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

• • • I'd have no objection to Cardus on 2 April. After all, he thought that was his birthday! I'd like to see the article on the main page, but it's not worth disrupting other dates or disappointing other editors by claiming 3 April. Perhaps co-author Tim will comment? Brianboulton (talk) 22:34, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
• Support though I object to such precious real estate in the blurb and lead being devoted to friendships, and not to some of the excellent description that's in the article of Cardus's impact on his trades, especially cricket writing which is probably without peer in the long history of cricket journalism. Even now, nearly 40 years after his death, his influence is strongly felt. --Dweller (talk) 22:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

• Good comment re blurb, I'll do some work on it. Brianboulton (talk) 22:52, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

• Support: Solid anniversary, and I'd rather this subject over yet another military figure.--Chimino (talk) 23:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
• Support & really more unusual than Kincaid. Johnbod (talk) 13:59, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
• Support for 2 April, per Brian's gracious suggestion above. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 13:13, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
• Support - SchroCat (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2013 (UTC)