Template:Did you know nominations/David Whiting
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:57, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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David Whiting
- ... that David Whiting was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by Henry Grunwald, "Preppy" by Candice Bergen, and "Whiz Kid" by Sarah Miles? Source: Who Was That Masked Man? Something About David Whiting
- ALT1: ... that David Whiting, who was obsessed with F. Scott Fitzgerald, was once asked out by Fitzgerald's granddaughter? Source: The Man Who Wound Up Dead on the Burt Reynolds Movie
- Reviewed: Ecem Güzel
- Comment: long article, welcome to propose other hooks
Moved to mainspace by Kingsif (talk). Self-nominated at 05:52, 28 October 2021 (UTC).
Very interesting article and quite the star-studded life—and the worst case of oneitis I've ever heard. Poor Miles. Meets newness and length requirements easily, QPQ done. Earwig brings up the two most-cited sources as potential copyvios. To be expected, since they're cited almost 20 times each, and since the vast majority of the matches concern long quotes I'm willing to overlook it, but can we add more citations throughout the paragraphs? Particularly with "Conflict with Miles and Reynolds", there's four citations crammed at the end of the section. I think we should cite each after the corresponding sentences, especially where there's a direct quotation. Also for ALT0 we need a citation at the ends of the sentences for "Golden Boy" and "Whiz Kid". Otherwise nice read, and good use of sources. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:56, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
- @DigitalIceAge: I will look into distributing refs :) Kingsif (talk) 00:20, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Kingsif and DigitalIceAge: Any updates on this nomination? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:02, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
- @Narutolovehinata5 and DigitalIceAge: working on it now Kingsif (talk) 15:34, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, I've directly addressed the recommendations, and added archive urls. I have also checked the copyvio report and am certain there is nothing of concern when comparing the texts. @DigitalIceAge: Is there anything else? Kingsif (talk) 16:03, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
Looks good to me. I've added some more citations especially where concerns lengthy quotes and added a couple of line breaks within some really lengthy paragraphs. Very interesting and detailed article about a very obscure tragic Hollywood figure; at 5273 words it almost rivals Reynolds' biography. Nice work. DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:43, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
