Talk:Paper House

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 Cielquiparle (talk) 00:21, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

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Wall of the Paper House

• ... that the walls of the Paper House (pictured) are made from newspaper? Source: "he mixed old papers with hlue and varnish ... stuffed into the home's frame to construct the walls. Tehn he left it that way. No wood, no clapboards, no siding - just paper" from: Moran, Mark; Sceurman, Mark (May 2009). Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4027-6688-6.

The Lindbergh desk

• • ALT1: ... that a desk in the Paper House (pictured) is made from newspaper's reporting Charles Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight? Source: "desk built of Charles Linbergh-related newspapers" fromWalker, Patricia Chambers; Graham, Thomas (2000). Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7425-0344-1. and "writing desk is the most interesting historically as it relates to Col Charles A. Lindbergh's celebrated transatlantic flight to Paris in May 1927" from: Wright, John Hardy (July 2000). Gloucester and Rockport. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-7385-3911-9.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/J. H. Hobart Ward
  • Comment: Hooks could also be made from the grandfather clock made from newspapers from each of the then 48 states, or the paper fireplace mantlepiece. There are tonnes of images of them in the article and on Commons.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Paper House; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Interesting house. Regarding ALT0 - from the article it appears the interior of the walls are made from newspaper. The exterior walls are also newspaper and I see that in the 1930s a porch area with roof were constructed to protect the exterior paper walls. The hooks check out and they are supported with references and they are in the article. The article is free of copyright issues and the images are clear and free. Images were taken in 2010 and the US has FOP for buildings. Examining MOS:ORDER or MOS:LAYOUTEL it appears that the commons link is in the correct area. I usually place it below references and maybe I have been wrong. The correct inline citations are present and the QPQ is done. The article is new enough -created 2-17 and long enough 2897 characters and neutral. ALT0 might be a possible This might make a good quirky hook.^(?) if this is promoted without an image. Bruxton (talk) 18:46, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Dumelow: Article is still good with the building. Just a question about US FOP in regard to the other images in the article. FOP does not exist for sculpture, and art in the United States, so perhaps the desk image and other furniture/sculpture/art may not be ok. The images would not be PD if we cannot pinpoint the exact year the items were created. FOP exists for public interiors, but this appears to be a private museum. It is possibly public access and the "United States laws allow taking pictures of publicly accessible interiors" but these images are specifically of what some may classify as art or sculpture items rather than just the interior. Let me know your thoughts. Bruxton (talk) 15:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Bruxton, the images were already on Commons. I don't know a lot about US FoP law but I think I saw somewhere (maybe the museum website) that all the furniture was completed by 1942 (which is when Stebman died), if that makes a difference. No idea where the line between furniture and sculpture is drawn. If the furniture photos are an issue I am happy for this to run with a picture of the wall or in the quirky slot - Dumelow (talk) 20:30, 18 February 2023 (UTC)