Talk:Nils Elias Anckers

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 03:42, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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Nils Elias Anckers

• ... that Swedish officer Nils Elias Anckers (pictured), who entered the service of the Congo Free State and was later awarded its Service Star, was also an artist? Source: Mainly here.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Don Tait
  • Comment: Open to other hook suggestions, I think one could make more/others out of his biography.

Created by Yakikaki (talk). Self-nominated at 21:11, 27 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Nils Elias Anckers; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll take this review. Dwkaminski (talk) 20:22, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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: - I believe this could be improved. I don't see what is interesting about his service in the Congo or winning the Silver Star. See bulleted comments below. I would highlight he is a Swedish Navy officer - not just a Swedish officer.

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed:
• Used in article:
• Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Dwkaminski (talk) 20:27, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

• Long enough - Javascript Kit character count (without references/sources) shows 3,551
• Earwig copvio detector shows 2% - violation unlikely
• Hook is cited to a reference in Swedish (which I don't read) - but AGF
• I like the picture, but have to agree with @1ctinus: - it's too blurry for usage on the homepage DYK. Recommend to remove if you can't find a clearer image.
• The hooks should come from the submitter - but... I like the juxtaposition of military officer and artist - could you submit one that highlights his role as a kommendor in the Swedish Navy with winning the silver medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his art?
• One QPQ has been completed - however new guidance states that editors with greater than 20 DYK should do two QPQs to reduce the backlog
• @Yakikaki: I've completed my review and rated it as maybe. I think these issues I've highlighted can be addressed and we can get this approved. Please let me know if you have any questions. Dwkaminski (talk) 13:14, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Dwkaminski for your both kind and constructive review! I think I have solved the issues with the references, replacing one with a link to a pdf and replacing the bad link in the other with one that hopefully works. For the foreseeable future I would struggle with identifying more (probably off-line) sources to add, because I'm not living in Sweden right now. I hope it can still be deemed sufficient? I know some of the sources are a little old, but to me they seem reliable and serious. As for the picture, I agree with you actually, looking at it properly it is very grainy and unsuitable, so I think we can disregard it. And then for ALT hooks, perhaps either of these could work?

ALT1: ...that Nils Elias Anckers was a kommendör in the Swedish Navy who as an artist won a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition?

ALT1: ...that Nils Elias Anckers was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, but also won a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his artworks?

Let me know what you think. Perhaps they can be tweaked further. All the best, Yakikaki (talk) 19:28, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

How about ALT1a: ...that Nils Elias Anckers was a kommendör in the Swedish Navy who won a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his artwork? Dwkaminski (talk) 19:37, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Looks excellent to me. Yakikaki (talk) 19:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@Dwkaminski: By the way, I found a slightly better picture of Anckers, and updated the article with it. It is still probably not good enough for the main page though. Best, Yakikaki (talk) 20:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

It's a little grainy but I'll approve. Please include it and let me know when you have completed your changes and second QPQ. Dwkaminski (talk) 13:02, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again! Actually, I would prefer to run this DYK without a picture. The present one is really just a portrait, not very exciting as a picture in its own right. So if it is OK for you I would be in favour of skipping it altogether in the DYK? As for the extra QPQ, I was informed this is only applicable for nominations done after the backlog mode went active, which was early March sometime. Best, Yakikaki (talk) 19:40, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

• Changed rating to approved for ALT1a: ...that Nils Elias Anckers was a kommendör in the Swedish Navy who won a silver medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his artwork? No picture to be included. I updated the Dahl reference in sources and added a link to page 84. I slightly re-worded ALT1a for readability. Thanks! Dwkaminski (talk) 14:49, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Crusty picture

The picture used in this article is extremely low resolution. Using a quick tineye search did not yield anything for higher resolution. Can somebody please find a higher resolution image, especially given its DYK status? -1ctinus📝🗨 00:52, 28 February 2024 (UTC)