Talk:Verna Osborne

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A fact from Verna Osborne appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:41, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that San Francisco voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101?

Source: Marianne Costantinou (April 30, 2006). "Verna Osborne -- opera singer, vocal coach, 102". San Francisco Chronicle.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hunter River Railway Company
Comment: Moved to main space on July 8

Created by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 85 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 18:13, 8 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:57, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks mostly good. Nice work. The only issue I see, @4meter4:, is that there appears to be excessive citations in the second paragraph of the body. Is it necessary to include 16 references for the statement She had her own regular radio program on WOR, Verna Osborne, Songs, from 1933-1936? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, because each reference is just covering a single program. I provided a representative sampling across time to demonstrate that it was a recurring program. There are many more of this kind. I couldn’t find a source talking about the program in a long term way to replace these. Best.4meter4 (talk) 16:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'm not an expert with this, so I'll let it pass.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:42, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]