Template:Did you know nominations/Olmec colossal heads

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The result was: promoted by Harrias ^talk 10:12, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Olmec colossal heads

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... that of the 17 confirmed Olmec colossal heads of Mexico (example pictured), the largest is estimated to weigh 40 tons?

Reviewed: Apraxia of speech

Created/expanded by Simon Burchell (talk). Self nom at 16:38, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

I assumed going into this that your were doing a 5x expansion. I'm astonished there was nothing at all on this topic. (I would never know what to call them, if I saw them, but they're very recognizable for Mesoamerican art.) References are books, but the referenced works are definitely A1 sources, and the facts you're listing are very uncontroversial, so I really don't have any worry at all about the hook. -- Zanimum (talk) 17:40, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I was a bit surprised myself... All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 17:42, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

While I might suggest some sort of formatting for the individual heads listing, and perhaps change the alignment of the chart under "Known monuments", otherwise, I would really suggest submitting it to GA. (The art category, if you nominated it there, has an extremely short turnaround time, compared to some other GAN categories.) -- Zanimum (talk) 17:44, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I think I'm aiming for GA with this one, but I've got a bit more writing to do first...but I'll definitely drop it in the Arts, I almost always drop mine into World History and often have to wait for quite a while... Simon Burchell (talk) 17:49, 5 May 2012 (UTC)