Talk:Mary Josephine Shelly

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A fact from Mary Josephine Shelly appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mary Jo Shelly (pictured) used her background in modern dance and physical education to train women in the military during two wars?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Josephine Shelly.

Did you know nomination

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.

The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 10:05, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Colonel Mary J. Shelly

... that Mary Jo Shelly used her background in physical education to train WAVES? Source: DOI: 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802252
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Created by Rubystaramaryllis (talk). Self-nominated at 02:43, 15 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mary Josephine Shelly; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

This makes for a fascinating read, but there are two sizeable paragraphs which require citations before I proceed with the rest of the review. I also feel that the article has a potential to produce a more attention-catching hook. Surtsicna (talk) 05:43, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

... that Mary Jo Shelly used her background in modern dance and physical education to train women in the military during two wars? Source: DOI: 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802252

Ping @Surtsicna:. TSventon (talk) 08:16, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It took me a while to verify because the citations lack page numbers, but I am very happy to approve this nomination now. The article is long enough, and was nominated shortly after creation. I have checked the sources and found nothing of concern. QPQ not needed as far as I can tell. Since the photograph is in public domain, I wonder if it could be nominated with the hook. It might be nice to have a woman in uniform on the Main Page. Surtsicna (talk) 08:18, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Image added. ––FormalDude (talk) 12:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Rubystaramaryllis, FormalDude, and Surtsicna: Might be a bit of WP:CLOP related to the New York Times which should be fixed before proceeding. Ping me when it is addressed and I can promote. Lightburst (talk) 16:01, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lightburst, FormalDude, and Surtsicna: The image is an extraction from the National Museum of the US Navy's Flickr Rubystaramaryllis (talk) 17:56, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lightburst, FormalDude, and Surtsicna: I updated the article using copyvios. There is still a 25.9 percent match to NYT article but they are all job descriptions. Rubystaramaryllis (talk) 18:25, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]