Talk:Paul F. Heard

A fact from Paul F. Heard appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that producer Paul F. Heard believed that techniques used in government propaganda films could also be applied to religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations"?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that producer Paul F. Heard believed that techniques used in government propaganda films could be used in religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations"?~~ Source: "He believed 'similar techniques' could be used to address contemporary problems requiring 'spiritual realizations'". (Reforming Hollywood)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tubby Schmalz

Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 20:28, 5 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough. QPQ done. Paraphrasing is fine. Exceptionally well-researched and fully-cited; I was going to make the minor comment that I had to take this page on AGF as a RS for the PFC-to-BFC merger under WP:PUBLISHED, but then the clipping at the end of the sentence confirmed it. Neutral and clear throughout.

Hook is under the length limit and interesting to a general public. It's reasonably neutral, although it comes off as a little conspiratorial out of context. I hate to be perfectionist, but is there a chance you'd like to change the second "used in" to "applied to", the way it is in the article? FourViolas (talk) 01:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. Sure, your suggestion is fine, but "applying a technique" sounds a little strange. How about "employing a technique"?
ALT1: ... that producer Paul F. Heard believed that techniques used in government propaganda films could be employed in religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations"? Yoninah (talk) 14:21, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good! FourViolas (talk) 15:46, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]