Talk:The Little Girl in Blue

Did you know nomination

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:18, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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The Little Girl in Blue

• ... that The Little Girl in Blue (pictured) was Amrita Sher-Gil's eight year old cousin? Source: [1]
  • Reviewed: Mona Williams

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Self-nominated at 08:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Little Girl in Blue; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• This is a well written article on an interesting painting. The article is new enough, long enough, cited throughout, and is in compliance with wikipedia's policies. The picture is in compliance with our policies and has a proper public domain rationale. The hook is verifiable but only interesting when displayed with the image. I would not promote this hook without featuring the picture. As such, an interesting alternative hook should probably be found in case the image itself is not selected by a promoter. I would suggest highlighting the painting's status as a national art treasure of India. The auction value might also be of interest if there would be a way to communicate ₹18.69 crore in a monetary value familiar to English language readers (such as dollars). I had to look it up and was shocked to find it sold for what would be over 2.2 million dollars. I have two other issues that need addressing. First, the citations should not be to chapters but to specific page numbers. When citing books, use the last name of the author a comma and then the page number. Second, there are far too many section sub-headings for an article with this little amount of prose. Per WP:DYKCOMPLETE we don't promote articles with "unexpanded headers". If a section contains less than a complete paragraph, then it should be merged/combined with another section. The "composition", "Interpretation", "Exhibits", "Ownership and sale", and "Legacy" sections are all too short to be stand alone sections at this point per DYKCOMPLETE. This issue could be solved through the addition of more content under each section or by merging sections to create expanded headers.4meter4 (talk) 15:24, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I will go through. Struck hook as it turns out she wasn't a cousin. Will think of a new one. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that the mother of The Little Girl in Blue (pictured) didn't think it was a good likeness of her daughter? (the reception section needs expanding with more analysis/criticism of the painting) Philafrenzy (talk) 22:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you.. looks good... will do a bit more work on this. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@4meter4: Is ALT1 ready to be approved? If not, what needs to be done to get this nomination approved? Z1720 (talk) 01:58, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@Z1720 I am still waiting to hear back from Whispyhistory that work is finished, and that a second look is ready to proceed.4meter4 (talk) 02:33, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@4meter4:... Thank you. Yes, done now, please review. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:29, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@4meter4: Please see the above. Z1720 (talk) 03:23, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

New reviewer needed unless 4meter4 returns. Z1720 (talk) 18:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll review this. @Whispyhistory or Philafrenzy: The first note says "Two of Mahinder Kaur's sisters had married into the Sher-Gil family; one to two of Umrao Singh's sons...". Should that read "one to one of Umrao Singh's sons"? I don't have access to the source. gobonobo ^{+ c} 21:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

One married two sons is correct. I adjusted it in article. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. gobonobo ^{+ c} 14:56, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, presentable, and written neutrally. It complies with BLP and Earwig is only detecting quotes and proper nouns. ALT1 is reliably sourced and interesting. I'm not sure if MOS:N'T applies to hooks, but if so it should be changed to 'did not'. QPQ has been done. The images are freely licensed and the hook image renders very well at a small size. Good work here. I recommend using this in the first slot. gobonobo ^{+ c} 14:56, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Another Sher-Gil DYK

She was featured on the front page just a month or two ago. There are enough far more famous artists that haven't been featured even once during that period or longer. This is beginning to look like a systematic effort to hype her. 62.73.69.121 (talk) 15:22, 20 January 2024 (UTC)