Talk:Taliesin West

Taliesin West is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 16:05, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: Studio and home in Scottsdale, Arizona

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This link: http://maps.google.com/?ll=33.606394,-111.845697&spn=0.003297,0.004629&t=h gives an excellent aerial/satellite view of the complex. I will add a geolocator template as soon as I have a minute, unless someone objects. ++Lar: t/c 12:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I went there

I went there last week! Could someone please add that it is being used as a college, because it is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.18.80.84 (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

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The Taliesin West estate

... that Frank Lloyd Wright paid more for a well at his Taliesin West estate (pictured) than he had paid for the land itself? Source: Secrest, Meryle (1998). Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography. University of Chicago Press. p. 451.
- ALT1: ... that Aladdin was once suggested as a name for Taliesin West (pictured) in Arizona? Source: Levine, Neil (1997). "IX: The Traces of Prehistory at Taliesin West". The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Princeton University Press. p. 272.
- ALT2: ... that Frank Lloyd Wright contacted U.S. president Harry S. Truman to complain about power lines near Taliesin West (pictured)? Source: Rene, Cara (July 9, 2000). "Illuminating Tour of Wright's Taliesen [sic West". The Burlington Free Press. p. 34.]
- ALT3: ... that Frank Lloyd Wright regarded the buildings at his Taliesin West estate (pictured) as "glorified tents"? Source: Cardon, Charlotte (December 5, 1965). "Taliesin West 'Desert Campus'". Arizona Daily Star. p. 23.
- ALT4: ... that Taliesin West (pictured) was once described as "barbaric and like a crustacean"? Source: "Wright Home Is Described". The Arizona Republic. August 6, 1946. p. 14
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Manger on McNichols
- Comment: I can suggest more hooks if desired.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 695 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 12 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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: New enough, long enough. Hook facts are interesting and cited. Earwig only pings titles. Image is freely licensed and used in the article. Good to go. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]