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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 13:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)reply
5x expanded by
SL93 (
talk). Self-nominated at 00:44, 4 September 2020 (UTC).reply
Hi
SL93, review follows: 5x expansion confirmed from 4 September; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; two out of three sources are offline or paywalled but I found no overly close paraphrasing from the accessible source; hook is interesting, mentioned in article, AGF on offline sourcing (it is readily confirmable elsewhere); a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me. My only comment is that "Once the money earned from the farm was depleted, her brother Grant took care of Graham and their mother" seems a bit vague, would "supported financially" or similar wording be better? -
Dumelow (
talk) 05:27, 4 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Forgot to review the image which is public domain and excellent at this scale -
Dumelow (
talk) 07:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Historian?
The article doesn't suggest she was a professional historian, but rather an art teacher, executive's wife, and [amateur?] artist. Donating scrapbooks isn't really historianship, unless she catalogued them first, in which case it's archiving. Her memoir makes her a biographer, not a historian. Perhaps she did other historical work not discussed?
jnestorius(
talk) 16:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Jnestorius I'm not sure when that was added in. When I expanded the article for DYK, I didn't include the historian wording.
SL93 (
talk) 23:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The lede (and infobox) needs to reflect that she was an artist and art teacher, if that is what she was, and not historian as was stated.
GiantSnowman 11:39, 14 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Where did the last name Wood come from?
The article says her parents were named Weaver. The wiki article on her brother Grant Wood does not mention his parent’s names. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Vigilfree (
talk •
contribs) 23:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Vigilfree I corrected the article. The confusion was from Weaver being Hattie's maiden name.
SL93 (
talk) 23:15, 13 October 2020 (UTC)reply