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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 11:27, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

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Mimi Kilgore

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  • ... that Mimi Kilgore gifted Willem de Kooning a frog that had been run over by a car? Source: “ At one house Ms. Kilgore came upon a frog that had been flattened by a car tire. Finding that it reminded her of an abstract shape from one of his paintings, she presented it to de Kooning as a quirky gift. But he saw it as something more. He kept the frog for the rest of his life, a symbol of his devotion to a friend, lover and muse who would remain a source of inspiration for years and who would, by many accounts, help reinvigorate his career.” NY Times

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 02:32, 2 January 2023 (UTC).

  • Hi Thriley (talk), review follows: article created 26 December and exceeds minimum length; article is well written; although the bulk of the article is cited to a single source (New York Times), it is eminently reliable (I would recommend broadening the sources anyway, if possible); I don't have access to the NYT (subscription only) but happy to AGF there has been no copying from it (Earwig check picks up only a few common phrases which I think are acceptable); hook fact is certainly interesting and mentioned in the article, AGF on sourcing; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Can she be considered notable with only one independent source? SL93 (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
    • I’ll add some more today. Thriley (talk) 17:02, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
      • @Thriley, SL93, and Dumelow: More sources have been added (I hope to SL93's satisfaction), but the article has a ton of bare URLs that need to be cleaned up first. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
        A NYT obit is fairly persuasive and a Google search showed other reliable sources covering her life. Happy to reinstate the tick once the bare URLs are dealt with - Dumelow (talk) 12:45, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
  • @Thriley: any chance the bare URLs could be filled out? If they're not fixed within a week, I think it's best to take this off of yours and everyone else's plate. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:14, 6 February 2023 (UTC)


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