Template:Did you know nominations/Eunice Parsons

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Eunice Parsons

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... that living American artist Eunice Parsons celebrated her centennial year in 2016 with a gallery exhibit of new collage works, Eunice Parsons, La Centenaire? Source: "Eunice Parsons celebrates her centennial year with a new exhibit of collage works ranging from 2006 to present...The show, Eunice Parsons, La Centenaire, opens Friday, March 4 at Roll-Up Photo Studio Gallery..." [1]
- ALT1:... that living American collage artist Eunice Parsons created a new gallery show, Eunice Parsons, La Centenaire to celebrate her centennial year in 2016? Source: "Eunice Parsons celebrates her centennial year with a new exhibit of collage works ranging from 2006 to present...The show, Eunice Parsons, La Centenaire, opens Friday, March 4 at Roll-Up Photo Studio Gallery..." [2]

Comment: ALT1 is a better paraphrase than the original.

Reviewed: Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Comment: Review is from 2016; if it is not usable I'm happy to review another nomination.

Created by Grand'mere Eugene (talk). Self-nominated at 20:51, 3 June 2019 (UTC).

Length: as at 25 June 3174 prose characters, so that's fine.
References: Well sourced.
Copyvio: Earwig picked up two short quotes, but they are given as quotes in the text and fully cited, so no problems there.
QPQ: Done. Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Jack_Gatecliff
Newness: New enough. Moved from draft space on 2 June, nominated on 3 June.
Hook: Sources check out, but it is dull and repetitive. I suggest:
- ALT2:... that the 103-year-old American collage artist Eunice Parsons is the last of the Northwest Matriarchs of Modernism? (sourced and cited in the article text).
- It is her age that is eye catching so might as well give it directly. The "Matriarchs" exhibition title is more interesting that her unimaginative centennial one, the word "modernism" should draw interest and the exhibition title implies notability.
Overall: Looks fine. nominator @Grand'mere Eugene: needs to do a QPQ. Felixkrater (talk) 13:03, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Felixkrater. I did complete another QPQ, Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Jack_Gatecliff shortly after nominating this article, seeing the backlog. I like ALT2 better, too. A question, though: I was under the impression that for DYK, new articles were dated from the time a draft was moved to article space, in this case on June 2 with this diff. But as you pointed out, it also meets the 5x criterion, so not a problem, I'd just like to understand the rule. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 15:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Comment: Parsons will be 103 years old on August 4, so her age in ALT2 may need to be updated if this DYK is queued on that date or after. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 15:45, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Grand'mere Eugene, I noticed that her birthday was on 4 August. I've changed the age to 103 and I'll ask on the discussion page for it to be displayed on that date - hopefully she is in still good health for her age! With the newness, it looked to me as if the article had gone live on 5 March 2016, as others had done some editing on it since then and someone had asked for it be to deleted in 2018, but I see that it had no viewing stats until 2 June 2019, so I was obviously mistaken. I've changed the comment. Thanks for doing the QPQ.Felixkrater (talk) 08:27, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Good to go with ALT2. Please display on 4 August, when the subject becomes 103-years-old as per hook.Felixkrater (talk) 08:27, 28 June 2019 (UTC)