Talk:Caslon Type Foundry

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A fact from Caslon Type Foundry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Caslon Type Foundry made metal type in London for more than two hundred years?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:35, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Slab-serif type sold by the Caslon foundry in 1841

... that the Caslon Type Foundry made metal type (example pictured) in London for over two hundred years? Source: Neil MacMillan, A-Z of Type Designers, "opened in London's Vine Street probably in 1722 or 1723...remained in existence until 1937", Reed/Johnson (registration required) "in 1730...he had already eclipsed most of his competitors".
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Moylough Belt-Shrine

Created by Blythwood (talk). Self-nominated at 20:55, 29 December 2021 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article and well sourced. New enough, long enough. I'd say good to go. Copyvio unlikely Paradise Chronicle (talk) 23:34, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Blythwood: hi there! couple questions about the sourcing:
- The type did not become popular.^[o] does the ref in the o cite the back half of that passage?
- Where are the example pages cited to?
- Ditto for the quote that begins Feeling, naturally, regret that the honoured and historical name of "Caslon" should die out...
Sorry about that, we'll get this promoted in a jiffy once this is cleared up. Thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 23:25, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Theleekycauldron, that's fine! In order:
  - Yes, I've added an extra citation position to make that clearer
  - I've added an extra citation for the sample pages from the 1841 specimen
  - Yes, that's not clear. I've added an extra source position and found a 1923 article on Google Books that also quotes it as an online source.
- Hope that fixes the problems! Blythwood (talk) 04:50, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - that's perfect, thanks so much! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 04:55, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Theleekycauldron, no worries, thanks for being so attentive! Blythwood (talk) 05:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting to Prep 1, without the image (as there is much competition for the image slot. By my count, out of the 107 verified nominations, around 40 have images. Only 1 of 8 nominations can have image. So, only around 13-14 would be given the image slot) – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:35, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]