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A fact from Apennine Colossus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Francesco de' Medici enjoyed sitting inside the head of the Apennine Colossus (pictured) and fishing through its eyes?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:15, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The Appennine Colossus

... ~~that within the head the Appennine Colossus there is a chamber in which Francesco de Medici would sit and fish through the statues eyes?~~ Source: "It was Francescos pleasure to sit here in the head fishing, casting his line out through one of the eyes into the pond below" Philip Steadman The ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino p.290
- ALT1: ... that at night, the head chamber of the Appennine Colossus was illuminated with torches, so his eyes were glowing? Source: "At night he would have torches lit, so the eyes glowed" Philip Steadman The ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino p.290
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caslon Type Foundry
- Comment: The source can be accessed over JSTOR or JSTOR in the Wikipedia library, let's see who takes the bait of the original hook. ALT1 is fines as well too. Other hook suggestions are welcome.

Created by Paradise Chronicle (talk). Self-nominated at 13:54, 15 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Minor grammatical errors to fix: should be "the head of" and "the statue's eyes" in the main hook.

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: - Not yet completed
Overall: Interesting hook, well-sourced, and no plagiarism detected. Looks good to go once grammatical errors are fixed and QPQ is completed! –Ploni (talk) 17:25, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I might also recommend shortening the hook somewhat, along the lines of the following. –Ploni (talk) 17:38, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for reviewing. I haven't included the (pictured) in the previous hook. I have added it now, and as to me in ALT2 the pictured disrupts the flow of the question, so as of now, I prefer ALT4.

ALT2 ~~... that Francesco de Medici would sit inside the Appennine Colossus' head and fish through its eyes?~~

~~:: ALT3 ... that the Francesco de Medici would sit inside the Appennine Colossus' (pictured) head and fish through its eyes?~~

ALT4 ~~...that in the head of the Appennine Colossus (pictured) there is a chamber in which Francesco de Medici would sit and fish through the statue's eyes?~~

How about the following? Either way it looks good to go. –Ploni (talk) 03:06, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT5 ... that Francesco de Medici would sit inside the head of the Appennine Colossus (pictured) and fish through its eyes?

Excellent. Agree with ALT5. I struck the other ALTs.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 08:11, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT5 to T:DYK/P5

Construction

The article doesn't say much about its construction.

Got more info?

I was thinking it had been carved from in-situ rock... but these sites [1] [2] [3] say it's made of brick and stone.

MBG02 (talk) 11:43, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]