Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park
- 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 Z1720 (talk) 23:55, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park
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that the statue of explorer James Cook in Sydney's Hyde Park is larger than Cook was himself? Source: https://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/captain-cook/
Created by Thorpewilliam (talk). Self-nominated at 07:28, 29 June 2022 (UTC).
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Close paraphrasing hits at [1]. The text needs a little massaging to remove them. Gatoclass (talk) 03:11, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- Lots of statues are larger than life, what is interesting about that? Gatoclass (talk) 12:12, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
- Afraid I don't have an answer, other than perhaps it looks relatively life-sized. thorpewilliam (talk) 02:19, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Suggested alt:
- ALT1: ... that the unveiling of the statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park, Sydney, in 1879 was declared a public holiday, with an estimated 60,000 in attendance? Gatoclass (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- Gatoclass This I would also support. Please let me know if there's anything I can do particularly in terms of article improvement to enhance its chances. Also, must I now submit a new nomination using this instead? Regards, thorpewilliam (talk) 04:27, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- No Thorpewilliam, you don't need to submit a new nomination. However, please take note of my comment above regarding close paraphrasing. There are a few clauses in the article directly copied from the source that probably need a little work. To be specific: "Interest in erecting a statue ... had been expressed for over a decade." "An estimated 12,000 joined the procession to Hyde Park and 60,000 attended ..." and "... a telescope in his left hand with his right hand extended upward". Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- I have just amended these sentences. Thanks, thorpewilliam (talk) 05:10, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- No Thorpewilliam, you don't need to submit a new nomination. However, please take note of my comment above regarding close paraphrasing. There are a few clauses in the article directly copied from the source that probably need a little work. To be specific: "Interest in erecting a statue ... had been expressed for over a decade." "An estimated 12,000 joined the procession to Hyde Park and 60,000 attended ..." and "... a telescope in his left hand with his right hand extended upward". Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
I have now completed this review, with the exception of verifying the hook for accuracy and interest, which I am unable to do as the hook was authored by me. If somebody would be kind enough to review the hook and wrap up the nomination, that would be very much appreciated - thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 09:11, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
As per the request by Gatoclass for an independent reviewer, I've had a look at the hook and it's cited in the article and interesting. As this was the only open issue, this is now good to go. Schwede66 23:58, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
