Template:Did you know nominations/Votes for Women (newspaper)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 01:02, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Re-closing promotion by Cwmhiraeth

Votes for Women (newspaper)

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Votes for Women, 10 October 1907

~~... that British suffragettes sold the newspaper Votes for Women (pictured) on the street?~~ "Even when selling on the street the first WSPU newspaper Votes for Women..." [1]
- ALT1:... that British suffragettes were encouraged to recruit new subscribers to Votes for Women (pictured) while they were on seaside holidays? "Summer holiday campaigns, where supporters holidaying at the seaside were urged to recruit new subscribers, were a feature. [2]

Reviewed: Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

Created/expanded by Warofdreams (talk). Self-nominated at 20:21, 9 February 2018 (UTC).

Article is new enough and long enough. Tweaked the first hook. Added pictured to both. Article is neutral. Image is under a free licence and displays well as a thumbnail. Lead is too short. Both hooks are correctly formatted and supported by an inline cite. AGF on offline sources. No copyvios or close-paraphrasing seen. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:46, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I've added more information to the lead, hope it looks better now. Warofdreams talk 22:08, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for the article. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:22, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

@Warofdreams: can we run this during Women's History Month in March? Yoninah (talk) 00:45, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes please! Feel free to move this to the special occasion holding area. Warofdreams talk 00:47, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

@Warofdreams: OK. BTW this image seems more suitable to the hook fact:

Women sellers on Fleet Street, 1908

I agree on the suitability, but not sure this one is sufficiently clear at small size? Warofdreams talk 00:52, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

I think it's clear they're women walking around. The image is freely-licensed. Let's let the promoter choose the image. Best, Yoninah (talk) 01:10, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks to Philafrenzy for sharpening the image and getting rid of the sepia tone. Yoninah (talk) 13:57, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote the image and hook, but feel that ALT0 isn't such a great hook for the lead slot. (ALT1 is better, but it doesn't go with the women on Fleet Street image). The Purvis source says the police made them stand in the gutters; if that were incorporated into the article, it would enhance the hook. What do you think? Yoninah (talk) 17:57, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I like the gutter idea. Revised hook and article required from the nominator. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Here is an alt to get things moving:
ALT2: ... that British suffragettes (pictured) sold the newspaper Votes for Women on the street, but were forced to stand in the gutter lest police arrest them for "obstruction of the pavement"?
ALT2a (slight tweak): ... that British suffragettes (pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaper Votes for Women, or risk arrest for obstructing the pavement?
If this isn't approved soon, it will be too late for International Women's Day. Pinging @Philafrenzy:. Yoninah (talk) 15:36, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Looking. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Tweaked Alt2a and ticking that. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:51, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, that reads better. Yoninah (talk) 16:52, 5 March 2018 (UTC)