Talk:Fulham Pottery

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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Fulham Pottery, 2016

• ... that the Fulham Pottery in London (remains pictured) operated between around 1672 and the 1980s? Source: Wood, Frank L., The World of British Stoneware: Its History, Manufacture and Wares, 2014, Troubador Publishing Ltd for start; "Quentin+Bell"+"Fulham The Artist, 1987, pp. 37, 57, Artist Publishing Company Limited; Two Bell examples, lot at Bonham's; Tile, c. 1981, V&A Museum, for end

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jeffrey and Jill Erickson

5x expanded by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 02:40, 17 March 2020 (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: This is a an interesting and well written article. It's new enough, long enough and well sourced. My main concern is that, despite the links provided for the hook, I can't see where the end date (1980s) for the pottery is clearly stated. One link leads to a piece of pottery made c. 1981; the only other clue I found from my own research was that Fulham Pottery Ltd was officially wound up in 1996, but that may not be the date it closed. Have I missed something? An alternative, and possibly more interesting hook, might be around the significance of the pottery in its early years. Bermicourt (talk) 08:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Experience strongly suggests that "significance of the pottery" hooks are not found very interesting by DYK. Quentin Bell had an exhibition in 1987 of pottery fired at the FP (in the link above, though that doesn't seem to take you to the page), presumably pretty recently, but the later history falls into the Internet Dark Age. I think there was a shop etc & my hook was meant to refer to pottery production, so the final company wind-up may not mean much. They may have hung around selling the site etc etc, as often happens. I'll add the wind-up to a note though, so thanks.

• ALT1 ... that the Fulham Pottery in London (remains pictured) operated from c. 1672 for over 300 years?

Johnbod (talk) 11:42, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks, that's great. Happy with ALT1. Just needs a QPQ and it'll be GTG. Bermicourt (talk) 08:58, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, QPQ done. Johnbod (talk) 14:55, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Good to go. Bermicourt (talk) 09:31, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• @Johnbod and Bermicourt: Just a small comment – how about changing "c. 1672" in the hook to "around 1672"? I personally prefer the latter since I see it as easier to read (on Wikipedia I try to use "c." only in infoboxes). What do you think? Xwejnusgozo (talk) 15:36, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with that. Bermicourt (talk) 16:34, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Nor me - it's "circa" I can't stand. The hook is short. Done. Johnbod (talk) 16:39, 24 March 2020 (UTC)