A fact from Carla Van Zon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Carla Van Zon ran two arts festivals in New Zealand?
This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.
This article was created or improved during the #1day1woman initiative hosted by the Women in Red project in 2021. The editor(s) involved may be new; please assume good faith regarding their contributions before making changes.Women in RedWikipedia:WikiProject Women in RedTemplate:WikiProject Women in RedWomen in Red articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Arts, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Arts on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ArtsWikipedia:WikiProject ArtsTemplate:WikiProject ArtsWikiProject Arts articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.WomenWikipedia:WikiProject WomenTemplate:WikiProject WomenWikiProject Women articles
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.
... that Carla Van Zon(pictured) ran two arts festivals in New Zealand? Source: "Carla recently retired as Artistic Director of the Auckland Arts Festival (AAF), having delivered her fourth and final festival in 2017. Carla was a driving force in taking the Festival annual, for bringing greater diversity to the programme, and championing Māori and Pasifika work. Before her time at AAF, she was International Manager for the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa where she oversaw the development of an international strategy, developing a programme to assist New Zealand artists to achieve international success. Prior to the Arts Council, Carla was Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Arts Festival." (New Zealand Dance company)
ALT1: ... that Carla Van Zon(pictured) is a women who ran two arts festivals and through that has championed the careers of New Zealand performing artists since 2000? Source: "Carla recently retired as Artistic Director of the Auckland Arts Festival (AAF), having delivered her fourth and final festival in 2017. Carla was a driving force in taking the Festival annual, for bringing greater diversity to the programme, and championing Māori and Pasifika work. Before her time at AAF, she was International Manager for the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa where she oversaw the development of an international strategy, developing a programme to assist New Zealand artists to achieve international success. Prior to the Arts Council, Carla was Artistic Director of the New Zealand International Arts Festival. Carla has championed the careers of many of today’s New Zealand’s theatre and arts practitioners." (New Zealand Dance company)
Comment: this is my first DYK nomination - hence no QPQ required
Overall: This is very close to passing DYK. If the neutrality and quote issues can be resolved (which are fairly minor), I would be happy to pass. ALT0 is my preferred, as ALT1 has some condescending/misogynisic language (i.e. that Carla Van Zonis a women who ran two arts festivals [...]) and a typo.Aknell4 (talk·contribs) 13:30, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
:I have just made some edits to the article. Thank you for your feedback on the article and the DYK. I can edit the 'woman' statement from ALT1 as an option for a DYK with more information? Pakoire (talk) 21:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Your edits look good and resolve the issues with neutrality and plagiarism. I've made some minor edits to the article. Feel free to revert them. I would prefer ALT0, as it is more concise. --Aknell4 (talk·contribs) 01:03, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Length and age meet requirements, copyvio and plagiarism concerns have been dealt with, reliable sources have been used, and hook is within the limits. Good for ALT0. --Aknell4 (talk·contribs) 12:04, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]