Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Red Couture

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:48, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Lady Red Couture

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... that Lady Red Couture stood 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) in heels? Source: "A fixture in Los Angeles clubs who stood 7-foot-2 in heels, she also co-hosted the L.G.B.T.Q. talk show 'Hey Qween!'" ([1])
- ALT1:... that Lady Red Couture was known as "the largest live-singing drag queen"? Source: "She worked at venues like Hamburger Mary's and developed a reputation for being the 'largest live-singing drag queen.'" ([2])

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Created by Armadillopteryx (talk). Self-nominated at 20:58, 7 August 2020 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Both hooks are interesting, I just have some queries: ALT0 would "high heels" be better for "heels" or is that a US/British English thing? ALT1 could add "in Los Angeles"?

QPQ: Done.

Overall: These quotes could be rewritten: "acted in plays and played trombone and tuba in the marching band, performing in the Tournament of Roses Parade" and "she held a variety of jobs, including 'security diva' at Gym Sportsbar and 'budtender' at a MedMen cannabis dispensary" Mujinga (talk) 01:56, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mujinga, and thanks for the review! For ALT0, I think "heels" by itself is more common, especially in the drag industry (e.g. "six-inch heels" [3] / "Louboutin heels" [4] / "Is she wearing heels?" [5]). I am not sure if this differs regionally (e.g. between the US/UK). Changing it to "high heels" would sound more formal/dated to me, but I'm not strictly opposed to it, if you feel strongly. As for ALT1, the source just says "the largest live-singing drag queen"; it doesn't contain any qualifiers like "in Los Angeles". I think it would be OR to add that without a source.

Thank you for your rewording suggestions in the prose! I've made both those edits. Armadillopteryx^talk 05:22, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

OK great, this is good to go. For heels (wow Louboutin) I think you are right, it's just me who would say high heels, thanks for explaining. For LA, the previous sentence says "Outside of Hey Qween, Lady Red was a LA staple" so I wouldn't say it would be OR to include but on reflection it's less hooky so better as it is. Cheers! Mujinga (talk) 12:22, 10 August 2020 (UTC)