Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 07:47, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

... that Margaret Forster's biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) drew on newly discovered material to rewrite the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father?
ALT1: ... that Margaret Forster's biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father?

Reviewed: Sextet (Poulenc)

Moved to mainspace by Espresso Addict (talk). Self-nominated at 03:29, 12 February 2016 (UTC).

DYK checklist template

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: Core criteria checked. Hook is 237 characters in edit view, 175 to the reader's eye. It could be trimmed some. I have suggested an ALT1 that may pass muster. Did the nominator realize that March 6th is Barrett Browning's 210th birthday? As well as Women's History Month? Hint, hint, nudge, nudge.Georgejdorner (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt review, Georgejdorner. I might be blind, but I can't see your suggested Alt1? If a shorter version is necessary, then I'd prefer not to leave out the author (as she died this week), but perhaps the 143-character:

that Margaret Forster's biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) rewrote the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father?

I hadn't seen the anniversary, but I'm very happy for it to be saved for 6 March. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:05, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Your vision is probably unimpaired. I am subject to embarrassing lapses into absentmindedness, as can be seen. My suggestion is now above, so that you may check it for accuracy. My apologies are here.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:20, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! All three suggestions seem fine to me. Espresso Addict (talk) 16:30, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Either hook is good, though ALT1 is preferred for brevity's sake. This nomination is GTG. Recommend it run on March 6.

Please ignore the red Xs above. They are an artifact of the template I am using.Georgejdorner (talk) 17:01, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Note to Georgejdorner: if there are no other problems in that category, the eligibilityother, policyother, and hookother fields should be left blank, not given a "y" value. I've taken the liberty of deleting the inappropriate "y" entries, which gets rid of the red Xs. See the template documentation for details. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:48, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Your reply sparked my inspection of my stored template, and you are indeed correct. I am unsure how those extraneous Xs came about, but I have a feeling the fellow inside my skin bears at least some responsibility. Thank you, BlueMoonset, for the corrections and the info. I shall go and try to sin no more.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC)