Template:Did you know nominations/Shaker tilting chair

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:06, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Shaker tilting chair[edit]

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* ... that the Shaker tilting chair (example pictured) was so named because of a device to prevent floor damage attached to the back legs of a chair to allow the feet to remain flat and level when the chair was tilted back?

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Created by Doug Coldwell (talk) and 7&6=thirteen (talk). Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 10:50, 3 June 2015 (UTC). * ALT 1 ... that the Shaker tilting chair (example pictured) was named for a Shaker's patented device attached to its back legs to protect floors while allowing user's feet to remain flat and level while tilting the chair?

Comment - What about Alt 1? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:05, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Reply - looks like a good alternate to me.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:24, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Comment - we have boiled it down to ALT 2 that we want to go with.

ALT 2 ... that the Shaker tilting chair (example pictured) was named for a Shaker's patented pivot device attached to back legs to protect floors while these metallic feet remained flat and level as the chair tilted?

Reference for hook can be found here - "ShakerChair". Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana. janekatchercollection.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015..

All the hooks are over-explanatory and leave no reason to click on the article. Can't we come up with something hooky? Just a thought:
ALT3: ~~... that the Shaker tilting chair (example pictured) lets its occupant lean back and relax?~~ Yoninah (talk) 20:37, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Simpler is always better. ALT3 can be confirmed by the reference. Fine by me, as the creator of the article. Prefer ALT4 as the creator of the article, since ALT3 can not be confirmed in references. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:50, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Wait, is your point that sources don't support that the sitter can relax? EEng (talk) 14:07, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

See the last sentence of the article. The point of the tilting chair was so that the chair did not slip and cause scratches in the floor = ALT4, which CAN BE confirmed in the references.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:15, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

But the sentence to which you refer --

It was noted by historian Kassay that the general philosophy of a diner "tilting chair" was out of place in the Shaker community, as Believers were not allowed the luxury of after-meal relaxation time.

does support ALT4 -- it says that the chair fosters relaxation, even though that was something Shakers themselves were not permitted much of. (There's no mystery to that apparent inconsistency: Shakers supported themselves by making wonderful furniture and crafts for nonbelievers, who did relax.) EEng (talk) 16:00, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

ALT4 ... that the Shaker tilting chair (example pictured) lets its occupant lean back without the chair slipping and scraping the floors?

Reference for hook can be found at Making Authentic Shaker Furniture: With Measured Drawings of Museum Classics--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:13, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Definitely ALT3, but not sure the picture is worth is since the key innovation isn't really visible. EEng (talk) 12:58, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
Full review needed now that hooks have been discussed. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:25, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

This article is new enough and long enough. Going for ALT4 as being simpler and fully cited while ALT3 is more questionable. The article is neutral and no close paraphrasing was noted. The image is properly licensed but does not anything much to the hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:35, 30 June 2015 (UTC)