Template:Did you know nominations/George Pitcher (philosopher)

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:44, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

George Pitcher (philosopher)

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... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2?Source: "In retirement, Pitcher wrote a memoir, “The Dogs Who Came to Stay” (1996), about two of those dogs — Lupa, a stray pregnant dog who turned up in their gardening shed, and one of her pups, Remus (they found homes for the other pups). They took their dogs everywhere, including to restaurants and to France on the QEII." (Princeton University office of communications

Reviewed: Horselunges Manor

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 05:44, 19 September 2021 (UTC).

New enough (per move from draft space), long enough, well written (significantly better prose than some other DYK candidates I've been looking at), and adequately sourced. Interesting hook, within rules. QPQ done. However, Earwig finds significant close paraphrasing from Pitcher's Princeton obituary (the most frequent source), more than can be explained by the use of proper names and set phrases:
- Our article: He was an expert on George Berkeley and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Obituary: He was an expert on ... Ludwig Wittgenstein and George Berkeley
- Our article: After graduating, he served for three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, Pitcher was recalled to active naval duty during the Korean War. Obituary: After graduating ... served three years on ships in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. While a graduate student at Harvard University, he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War
- Our article: Edward T. Cone was Pitcher’s companion for almost 50 years, until Cone's death in 2004. Obituary: Edward T. Cone ... became Pitcher's life companion for almost 50 years, until his death in 2004.
- Our article: a piece of generative software that creates a musical work by interweaving 1973 recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones, and the sound of the wind. Each time it is activated, it performs a new version of itself. Obituary: a piece of generative software that interweaves recordings of Cone teaching a counterpoint class at Princeton in 1973 with sampled acoustic instruments, electronic tones and the sound of the wind; it performs a new version of itself each time it is activated.

I think it cannot be accepted at DYK in such a state. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:46, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

@David Eppstein: Thank you for your review. I removed some material and paraphrased. What do you think now? Thriley (talk) 00:22, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
- Three of the sentences I noted above appear to be unchanged. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
  - Sentence 1 is quite different from the sentence in the obituary. Which obituary are you comparing it to? Thriley (talk) 00:34, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
    - (@David Eppstein:, what do you think now? Thriley (talk) 04:47, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
      - No significant copying found this time; since that was the only issue, I think we're good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:42, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Promoting to Prep 4 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:44, 17 October 2021 (UTC)