Talk:The Burton Cooper

A fact from The Burton Cooper appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Burton Cooper (pictured) was moved inside a shopping centre in 1994 despite objections from the Burton upon Trent civic society?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:41, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Burton Cooper

... that in 1994 The Burton Cooper statue (pictured) was moved inside a shopping centre despite objections from the Burton-on-Trent civic society? "met with opposition from local people and the Burton Civic Society, as people would not be able to see the Burton Cooper when the shops were shut. Nevertheless the figure was moved to its current site in 1994" from:Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-85323-989-5.<
- ALT1:... that The Burton Cooper (pictured) shows a hole in his apron, traditional for coopers in the town? "the artist made sure his depiction was accurate, right down to the traditional hole in a Burton cooper's apron" from the same source
- ALT2:... that James Butler studied coopers at Bass-Charrington for his 1977 work The Burton Cooper (pictured)? "observing the work of the coopers Erdie Lee and Joe Foster at Bass, photographing them and then making preliminary models" from the same source

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mildred Mottahedeh

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 19 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Looks GTG to me. In terms of the article itself, it is new enough (created 17 Dec 2020, nom 19 Dec 2020), long enough (4230 chars readable prose), and within policy (refs/tone OK, no CLOP detected by automated/manual checks). In terms of the hook, it is within guidelines, interesting enough and supported by the refs in the source/nom. In terms of the other typical DYK considerations, the QPQ expectation is covered, and there are no image issues. Otherwise, while the "background" section of the article was a little broad, I think this is GTG as it (now) is. With the primary proposed hook. Guliolopez (talk) 00:15, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]