A fact from George Webster (painter) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that George Webster painted two British slave-ships (pictured) taking onboard enslaved people from Fort Christiansborg?
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ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Comment this was part of a double nomination that is now split. Previous nomination is Template:Did you know nominations/Ralph Fisher. The article was created and nominated on 24 June.
Overall: Article was new when nominated, and is long enough. Copyvio is fine at 4.8%, and only triggered by painting titles. Pic is out of copyright, hook is fine. Sources look OK, although "Trust, National" as an author would be better cited as "National Trust", I think? It would also be good to put a little more of a summary in the lead, as although this isn't a long article the lead is still a bit short. I'd also love some dates for Webster, you don't give a birth/death date or fl. dates, but say at age 25 he travelled in Wales, and in 1797 something else, but I can't relate those two things to each other as I don't know when he was 25? Just looking at a couple of sources I see the British Museum and Art UK have different fl. dates for him, so if you have any insight into why that could be quite useful in the article. The personal life section is a bit redundant as is, in this situation I would probably move the 'personal life' heading up to be the first section after style, and add whatever dates you can support. Or call that bit biography? I'll leave that to you, but the career makes more sense when you have personal life first. DrThneed (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC) DrThneed (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for the review. I've made all of the requested changes except his date of birth. I've added the fl date that I believe to be true and is sourced to Britannia's Palette. None of my book sources give a birth date, he's mostly known for his work and as you've noticed because information is so lacking there are very many even reputable sources with incorrect dates. Desertarun (talk) 11:23, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article was new when nominated, and is long enough. Copyvio is fine at 4.8%, and only triggered by painting titles. Pic is out of copyright, hook is fine. Sources look OK, although "Trust, National" as an author would be better cited as "National Trust", I think? It would also be good to put a little more of a summary in the lead, as although this isn't a long article the lead is still a bit short. I'd also love some dates for Webster, you don't give a birth/death date or fl. dates, but say at age 25 he travelled in Wales, and in 1797 something else, but I can't relate those two things to each other as I don't know when he was 25? Just looking at a couple of sources I see the British Museum and Art UK have different fl. dates for him, so if you have any insight into why that could be quite useful in the article. The personal life section is a bit redundant as is, in this situation I would probably move the 'personal life' heading up to be the first section after style, and add whatever dates you can support. Or call that bit biography? I'll leave that to you, but the career makes more sense when you have personal life first. DrThneed (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC) DrThneed (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
Great, thanks, that's all my concerns addressed so hook is now approved. Thanks. DrThneed (talk) 23:19, 24 July 2021 (UTC)