Talk:March of the Soviet Militia

A fact from March of the Soviet Militia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by Dmitri Shostakovich was a "manifestation of conformity" that was "better not to remember"?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 16:06, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by Dmitri Shostakovich was possibly dedicated to a friend who was a satirist?~~ Source: The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich, p. 283; [1], p. 210
- ALT1: ... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by Dmitri Shostakovich was a "manifestation of conformity" that was "better not to remember"? Source: Fenomen Dmitriya Shostakovicha by Levon Akopyan, p. 565
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Boggy Creek Monster (film)

Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:08, 11 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New, finely written, long enough, hooks interesting and check out (I would suggest mentioning the satirist by name in the original hook; my personal preference is with the punchier ALT). QPQ not done and concerned about the copyright tag on the image (suggests that a wikimedia user took a photo of Shostakovich in 1974, which is prima facie absurd). Dahn (talk) 07:57, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking it over! I'll take care of the ALT and QPQ later today. As for the image, the Wikimedia user could have been in their 20s or 30s when they took the photo, making them late 60s–early 80s now. Considering we recently had a fellow editor who made it to the grand age of 90, it's very possible the copyright tag is accurate. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 16:16, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that "March of the Soviet Militia" by Dmitri Shostakovich was possibly dedicated to his friend, the satirist Mikhail Zoshchenko? Source: The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich, p. 283; [2], p. 210

@Dahn: QPQ and new ALT all set. Let me know if everything is OK! By the way, as I suspected, the copyright tag on that photo of Shostakovich from 1974 was accurate. The user who uploaded it was Yuri Shcherbinin, an active Wikipedian at the Russian and Ukrainian projects, as well as Wikimedian; he died in 2019. Shcherbinin was also a notable musicologist, arts administrator, historian, and museum curator in Ukraine. Currently translating and expanding his Russian article, so stay tuned for more on this very fascinating individual. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 00:54, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect then, all checks out. Dahn (talk) 13:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]