Talk:Ron's Place

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A fact from Ron's Place appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker helped fundraise to save a Merseyside flat that has been called "the first example of outsider art to be nationally listed"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ron's Place.

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"Did you know?" nomination

Thanks @PamD and all editors involved for the work on this article! I've been fascinated by Ron's Place since it first came to light, so great to see it documented here.

I'd love to see the article get some of the attention it deserves with a feature in Did You Know? on the Wikipedia main page, especially now it's got great images via @Orange sticker. I don't want to steal anyone's thunder, so please shout if you were planning to nominate it, otherwise I'll do so tomorrow before the "7 days old" new article deadline passes. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me. I do wonder whether the Minotaur fireplace might be better as the lead image, and so the one going to DYK? It's more immediately readable, while the lion's head, being taken more from the side, takes a bit of figuring out (even though I've seen other images, which most of our readers won't have done). (@Orange sticker - what do you think?) PamD 21:45, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no strong feelings either way, feel free! It's a good article so best of luck! Orange sticker (talk) 08:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonathan Deamer not going to lie, I'm a little bit miffed at their choice of photo for the front page DYK today! :D Orange sticker (talk) 08:01, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Imagine living in a house with a fireplace modelled into something scary like that! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:13, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahahahah, I read your message and thought "oh, that's a shame that they went with something different". I hadn't yet seen what they went with :D Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:19, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Launchballer talk 08:59, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Painting from outsider art flat Ron's Place

... that Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker helped fundraise to save a Merseyside flat that has been called "the first example of outsider art (example pictured) to be nationally listed"?

Source: BBC: "Now, supporters of Ron’s Place, including singer Jarvis Cocker, are trying to raise money to buy his old flat and turn it into a space for artists." The Guardian: "Catherine Croft, the director of the Twentieth Century Society, said Ron’s Place was '20th century heritage unlike any other, the first example of outsider art to be nationally listed'."

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George W. Munroe

Created by Jonathan Deamer (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Jonathan Deamer (talk) 17:39, 11 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Minotaur from Ron's Place

Article is new enough and long enough. It is well-sourced, neutral, presentable, and BLP-compliant. Earwig checks out. Images are freely licensed (I'm assuming these are eligible under Commons:COM:FOP UK as a public interior and works of artistic craftsmanship). The hook is cited and interesting. I've added the Minotaur image as an option per the talk page discussion. Both images are clear at a small size. QPQ has been done. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 12:37, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More description needed

As it stands the article says very little about the art! I'm overwhelmed by the amount of detail in the NHLE listing (and the determined reader will find their way there as I annotated the NHLE ref), but perhaps someone familiar with the site, or more of an art expert, could add a paragraph or two describing the highlights - especially if there's a chance of the article getting much more exposure through DYK. Thanks. (I'm no art expert, more of a WikiGnome, happiest fixing up the redirects etc). PamD 07:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]