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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 HalfGig talk 13:26, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

China painting

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Dinner plate - Parliament Buildings and Ottawa River - Martha Logan 1897

  • ... that china painting (illustrated) was considered a boon to ladies who had nothing better to do than novel reading?

Created by Aymatth2 (talk). Self nominated at 15:30, 30 November 2014 (UTC).

  •  Comment: For the hook, I think "reading novels" sounds more natural than "novel reading". It Is Me Here t / c 22:40, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
I agree, as in ALT1 below: Aymatth2 (talk) 23:53, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that china painting (illustrated) was considered a boon to ladies who had nothing better to do than read novels?
  • This comprehensive article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain. Going with ALT1 which has a citation at the end of the block quotation. The article is neutral, and Googling a few sentences brought up no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:25, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Hook is a close paraphrase of the quote. Please quote it or come up with another. Fuebaey (talk) 14:39, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Never mind, nominator hasn't logged for a few weeks. Try this:
ALT2 ... that while in the late 19th century china painting (illustrated) was considered a craft for women "who have nothing better to do than novel reading," feminist artists have since restored it as a fine art form? Fuebaey (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
  • The original hook, a close paraphrase, may be acceptable since the source is long out of copyright and is cited inline before the quote in the article to avoid plagiarism. But how about ALT3 below? Aymatth2 (talk) 16:10, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
ALT3 ... that in the late 19th century china painting (illustrated) was considered a useful occupation for women "who have nothing better to do than novel reading"?
Ah, sorry about that. Should've realised it was Public Domain as a pre 1900's publication. Completely went past me. ALT3 is acceptable. I think I prefer it over "boon", which sounds a bit archaic. Good to go on Cwmhiraeth review. Fuebaey (talk) 05:39, 15 January 2015 (UTC)