- 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 Polyamorph talk 12:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)
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Myvanwy Rhys
... that Oxford suffragist Myvanwy Rhys presented a bouquet of irises to Millicent Fawcett at the Royal Albert Hall? Source: "She was one of the delegation who carried the OWSS banner to London in 1908, and presented a bouquet of irises to Millicent Fawcett at the Albert Hall." https://www.firstwomenatoxford.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/owcah/documents/media/oxford_suffrage_women_.pdf (p.11 in pdf reader)
Created by Manxshearwater (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 100 past nominations.
Lajmmoore (talk) 20:46, 3 September 2024 (UTC).
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Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
- Interesting:
- I’m concerned the hook may not be legible to many readers; I am reasonably interested in related topics and still had not heard of Millicent Fawcett, and the entry does not explain.
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Overall: 
Thank you for nominating this interesting and worthy entry! If I could make one general recommendation for making this important topic more accessible to the non-specialist reader, I think regardless of the hook, the entry could benefit from a few words explaining who Fawcett was, and likewise to explain what the Bangor dispute was (currently it’s a bit mysterious). As to the hook, I wonder if it would be more interesting to say something like:
ALT1 ... that Oxford suffragist Myvanwy Rhys earned first-class honours from Newnham College, Cambridge, but was denied a degree?
Tell me what you think. Innisfree987 (talk) 05:34, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks so much Innisfree987 - these are all great points. I hope @Manxshearwater: can expand the points in the article. As for the ALT - I think that's much better, thank you for coming up with it, I've scratched the top one Lajmmoore (talk) 06:28, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Wonderful! @Manxshearwater: maybe you could just ping me once you’ve had a chance to look and then I’ll tick off the nomination? It doesn’t need to be anything elaborate, just another half sentence’s explanation would be plenty I think—I’m almost tempted to do it myself but it would be much better if someone familiar with the topic did! Thank you both, I enjoyed learning about Rhys! Innisfree987 (talk) 06:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Innisfree987: @Lajmmoore: Thanks, great points and I have added some info on Fawcett and on the Bangor dispute so hopefully that helps! Happy with the nomination and I think the alt hook is great. Glad you enjoyed learning about her too! Manxshearwater (talk) 10:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you both for such quick responses—good to go! Innisfree987 (talk) 17:19, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Innisfree987: It looks like the DYK bot didn't pick up the approved green tick. If it is approved, please re-add it below, using this code: {{subst:DYKyes}}. Z1720 (talk) 00:54, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh that’s strange. Ok I’m going to sign here but add the tick again on the next line, hope it’ll work this time. Innisfree987 (talk) 06:06, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks so much Innisfree987 - these are all great points. I hope @Manxshearwater: can expand the points in the article. As for the ALT - I think that's much better, thank you for coming up with it, I've scratched the top one Lajmmoore (talk) 06:28, 8 September 2024 (UTC)