Talk:Mimi Kilgore

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A fact from Mimi Kilgore appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mimi Kilgore gifted Willem de Kooning a frog that had been run over by a car?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mimi Kilgore.

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 11:27, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mimi Kilgore gifted Willem de Kooning a frog that had been run over by a car? Source: “ At one house Ms. Kilgore came upon a frog that had been flattened by a car tire. Finding that it reminded her of an abstract shape from one of his paintings, she presented it to de Kooning as a quirky gift. But he saw it as something more. He kept the frog for the rest of his life, a symbol of his devotion to a friend, lover and muse who would remain a source of inspiration for years and who would, by many accounts, help reinvigorate his career.” NY Times
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Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 02:32, 2 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Thriley (talk), review follows: article created 26 December and exceeds minimum length; article is well written; although the bulk of the article is cited to a single source (New York Times), it is eminently reliable (I would recommend broadening the sources anyway, if possible); I don't have access to the NYT (subscription only) but happy to AGF there has been no copying from it (Earwig check picks up only a few common phrases which I think are acceptable); hook fact is certainly interesting and mentioned in the article, AGF on sourcing; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Can she be considered notable with only one independent source? SL93 (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I’ll add some more today. Thriley (talk) 17:02, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Thriley, SL93, and Dumelow: More sources have been added (I hope to SL93's satisfaction), but the article has a ton of bare URLs that need to be cleaned up first. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    A NYT obit is fairly persuasive and a Google search showed other reliable sources covering her life. Happy to reinstate the tick once the bare URLs are dealt with - Dumelow (talk) 12:45, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: any chance the bare URLs could be filled out? If they're not fixed within a week, I think it's best to take this off of yours and everyone else's plate. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:14, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Theleekycauldron: Will take care of this today. Sorry about that! Thriley (talk) 21:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - good to go! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 01:53, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]