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Margaret C. Waites

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Waites at Radcliffe College in 1905

~~... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites (pictured) is said to haunt the Cabot Library Suite at Harvard College, protecting her book collection?~~ Source: “ Supposedly, Radcliffe alumna Margaret Coleman Waites, Class of 1905, whose books occupy the shelves of the Suite, lives within the mahogany inlays to protect her beloved collection.” The Crimson
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Created by Penny Richards (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 39 past nominations.

For Halloween if it’s not too late!

Innisfree987 (talk) 07:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC).

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: Article is new enough, long enough, is well sourced, neutral and plagiarism-free (Earwig just picks up paper titles). Hook is cited and interesting. QPQ is done. It would be great if this could run at Halloween. Lajmmoore (talk) 10:54, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm striking ALT0 because it confuses Cabot House with Cabot Library (see article edit history). Try this:

ALT1 ... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites (pictured) is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection? Supposedly, Radcliffe alumna Margaret Coleman Waites, Class of 1905, whose books occupy the shelves of the Suite, lives within the mahogany inlays to protect her beloved collection. [1]

E Eng 06:16, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

To me it is more confusing when Library Suite is removed because why would a book collection be there? Innisfree987 (talk) 06:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

The phrase "Cabot Library Suite" only appears in the sources because their audience (Harvard folks) are assumed to understand that "Cabot" means "Cabot House". Outside that context it makes no sense. As for the question of why would a book collection be there -- well, that makes the hook more interesting. the article explains. E Eng 06:53, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

As the article creator, thank you for correcting the location of her alleged haunting, both in the article and for the hook. (Catching such details is one of the benefits of the DYK process.) I don't think the new hook is confusing; surely, books (and their ghost benefactors) might be anywhere on a college campus.Penny Richards (talk) 14:32, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Don't call me Shirley. E Eng 15:00, 6 October 2024 (UTC)