Template:Did you know nominations/Edna Lewis Thomas

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 02:17, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Edna Lewis Thomas

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Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth

... that Edna Thomas (pictured) portrayed Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles' "Voodoo" Macbeth? Sources: "Edna Thomas reached the height of her fame when she played Lady Macbeth in the Works Progress Administration (WPA)'s Federal Theater Project production of Macbeth in 1936–37." and "Voodoo "MacBeth" Opens at Majestic; Here Two Weeks" "Edna Thomas, as Lady Macbeth, Is especially effective In the sleepwalking scene."--add newspaper article.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:47, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

- ALT1: ... that Edna Thomas (pictured) partied at the Dark Tower during the Harlem Renaissance? Source: "The Thomases were frequent guests at A’Lelia Walker’s famed parties at the Dark Tower, a salon in her home."
- ALT2: ... that Edna Thomas (pictured) lived with her husband and her lover in a Harlem co-op? Source: "They lived together in various residences for decades, with Edna and Olivia as a couple (a topic of fascination for the Harlem press) while Lloyd was essentially a roommate who had other lovers."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Squirrels on college campuses

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self-nominated at 04:28, 26 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Edna Lewis Thomas; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

I will be reviewing this DYK in the next 24 hours.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:38, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A very interesting article - I like the connections to the Harlem Rennaisance and Madam C.J. Walker! The DYK hooks are great, I especially like the first one. The photograph is interesting. The copyvio check only picked up titles of things, a few quotes, and citations. So that's good.

Regarding the source for the main hook, I think there are differing opinions about use of encyclopedia.com when there are other reliable sources, like books, journals, and newspapers . I found a newspaper source and clipped it from newspapers.com here. Would that work for you? –CaroleHenson (talk) 09:23, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

@CaroleHenson: Thank you. The newspaper source will be fine. If you don't mind, what's the concern with encyclopedia.com? I'm out of the loop. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 14:42, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Gobonobo I was told years ago to not use it because it's a tertiary source, and is not a static page. From questions and answers on WP:RSN for "encyclopedia.com" (quotes to not get "encyclopedia" results) - it seems that there are issues about mirroring, questions about use since there are ads, etc. I might be too cautious on this one, but I just thought a newspaper source wouldn't be questioned. I added the newspaper article and did not delete encyclopedia.com, covering both bases.

I changed the hook cited and status to pass.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:47, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Those are good reasons. I didn't realize there were ads. Thank you for filling me in, and for your review! gobonobo ⁺ ^c 20:02, 27 June 2023 (UTC)