Template:Did you know nominations/Barry Joule

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 08:58, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Barry Joule

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... that due to a left/right mix-up, Barry Joule destroyed the wrong Francis Bacon painting, which would now be worth around £35 million? Source: "The late artist’s friend received a furious 4am phone call after burning the wrong portrait in a mix-up over right and left. When Francis Bacon asked a friend to destroy one of two paintings in his studio, he said it was the “one on the left”. Bacon’s idea of left turned out to be as distinctive as his art, resulting in a disastrous mistake — the destruction of a painting that would now be worth about £35m. The artist’s friend was Barry Joule" ([1])

Reviewed: not yet done

Created by Edwardx (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 20:05, 16 August 2021 (UTC).

General eligibility:

New enough: - n
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: - Not done
Overall: @Edwardx and Philafrenzy: Article is one day late—I'll let it slide. Hilarious and interesting hook—plus, the one about him being the model in those paintings where he wore cricket pads would also make an excellent hook if only it were under 200 characters. Holding approval awaiting a QPQ. Nicely done :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:31, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

@Edwardx: you don't appear to have disappeared off of Wikipedia—do you have a QPQ? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 08:05, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

any chance someone could donate a QPQ? @Philafrenzy? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:21, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Donating Template:Did you know nominations/Lucy Smith Millikin as a QPQ. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:36, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Narutelovehinata5: thanks so much! I'll pass the nomination.

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:51, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: oops theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:51, 30 August 2021 (UTC)