Talk:Michael Wojas

A fact from Michael Wojas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Michael Wojas used Colony Club regulars in a Francis Bacon biopic studio scene, he had to persuade them Derek Jacobi was not Bacon "because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room"?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:30, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Michael Wojas recruited former Colony Club regulars as extras for a studio scene in a Francis Bacon biopic, but had to persuade them that Derek Jacobi was not Bacon, "It isn't Francis because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room"? Source: "In 1997 Maybury exploited similar communal spirit when he filmed his brilliant Francis Bacon biopic, Love Is the Devil, starring Derek Jacobi. "Michael was happy to let me shoot the Colony sequences in the club, but there wasn't enough space there for all our equipment," Maybury recalled. "I ended up building an exact replica of the club in a film studio. I employed Michael as an extra. He brought with him numerous old-time members who appeared as extras, too. When Jacobi walked on to the set, several sozzled veterans thought he was Francis. Michael had to patiently explain to them, 'It isn't Francis because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room.'"" ([1])
ALT0b ... that Michael Wojas used Colony Club regulars in a Francis Bacon biopic studio scene, persuading them Jacobi was not Bacon, "It isn't Francis because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room"?
ALT0c ... that when Michael Wojas used Colony Club regulars in a Francis Bacon biopic studio scene, he had to persuade them Derek Jacobi was not Bacon "because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room"?
- ALT1:... that for Michael Wojas's 2010 funeral at Kensal Green Crematorium, his home-made cardboard coffin turned out to be too wide? Source: "With the funeral at Kensal Green crematorium yesterday of Michael Wojas, Soho's Colony Room Club lost its third and final proprietor and the West End one of the last remaining bastions of Fifties counterculture. ... This did not stop a congregation of more than 300 attending the humanist service, a mildewy group to whom broad daylight would be something of a stranger. But there was great applause for the accompanying band, Alabama 3, and when Wojas's home-made cardboard coffin was found to be too wide to go through the portal." ([2])

Reviewed: Aerodrums

Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 21:13, 25 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks like it was new enough when it was nominated, no copyvio (one or two false positives in Earwig). It's long enough (about 2000 characters), and both hooks are very interesting. ALT1 looks good to go as is, but I think ALT0 is better if it could be trimmed down to 200 characters. Ideally, I think one or two additional sources should be added to make sure the page meets WP:GNG. I also couldn't tell whether you had completed QPQ for this one. Thanks! BuySomeApples (talk) 01:16, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ now done. Two good sources is enough to pass AfD, so fine for DYK too. I meant to trim ALT0, and will now have a go. Edwardx (talk) 13:19, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0b now 198 characters. Edwardx (talk) 13:26, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not sure two obituaries would cut it, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt on this one. QPQ checks out and both hooks now meet length requirements. I added ALT0c because I think it's a little more pithy. I think some variant of ALT0 is the most fun, but I'll leave that up to the promoter.BuySomeApples (talk) 20:37, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you BuySomeApples. I have tweaked ALT0c slightly. It was 193 chars, so we can have Derek Jacobi in full. Edwardx (talk) 23:20, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]