Template:Did you know nominations/Grey Gowrie
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:09, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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Grey Gowrie
- ... that Grey Gowrie was Earl of Gowrie, a published poet, the UK's Arts Minister, chair of Sotheby's International and first chair of the Arts Council of England? Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/24/lord-gowrie-politician-poet-leading-figure-arts-served-several/: Earl, minister, Sotheby's, Arts Council, poetry (multiple other obits available)
ALT1:... that Grey Gowrie, while working under Margaret Thatcher, described himself as "Irishman with a Scots name and a German wife, working, somewhat to his surprise, for a very English government"? Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/earl-of-gowrie-obituary-dublin-born-tory-ni-minister-and-arts-maven-1.4694029- ALT2:... that Grey Gowrie, peer and minister, proposed joint British and Irish citizenship for the people of Northern Ireland years before the Good Friday Agreement? Source: Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lives-remembered-lord-gowrie-and-amanda-holden-7bbq3gkjf, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-gowrie-obituary-8v2qmw8cz
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rhodesia Information Centre
- Comment: Appeared as a line item in "In the News" (recent death, 24 Sept.) - as allowed - and otherwise a recently improved and freshly-referenced article. Multiple potentials for DYK, the above and more.
Improved to Good Article status by SeoR (talk). Self-nominated at 00:10, 16 October 2021 (UTC).
Hi SeoR, review follows: article promoted to GA on 10 October; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing from the sources I checked; I can verify ALT0 and am happy to AGF on the other two (which are cited to subscription-only Times articles), all are mentioned in the article; ALT1 could do with rephrasing to avoid repetition of "working" if at all possible; a QPQ has been carried out. An excellent article, just a shame we don't have a free image - Dumelow (talk) 07:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
- Many thanks Dumelow, and on the "working" point, thanks for catching that, I think this could be an approach:
- ALT1a:... that Grey Gowrie, while holding office under Margaret Thatcher, described himself as "Irishman with a Scots name and a German wife, working, somewhat to his surprise, for a very English government"? Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/earl-of-gowrie-obituary-dublin-born-tory-ni-minister-and-arts-maven-1.4694029
- I'd love to have an image, and the subject had a distinctive appearance which would work well on the list, and hundreds of images exist, but I could not find a single free one anywhere... Thanks for the kind words, this was an article where I saw the potential while making a passing update (it had crossed my path before, but the potential grew with new coverage from 24 Sept.). SeoR (talk) 14:59, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
