- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:28, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
| DYK toolbox |
|---|
Ada Baker
- ... that Australian soprano Ada Baker toured India and China before she became a singing teacher in Perth in 1889? Source: here
- Reviewed: Meena Kumari (donated QPQ)
Improved to Good Article status by Aussie Article Writer (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 17:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC).
I rephrased the hook, which is ok for length, its reffed and its quite interesting. If someone pings me with more intriguing one then I will return. (e.g. that although Aussie soprano Ada Baker had toured India and China, she pretended to be ill to avoid touring the Australian Goldfields). The article is a GA so its long, it has oodles of refs and its well written and Earwig isn't bothered. This is a nice contribution and as we are celebrating Women in Red being at Wikimania tomorrow (6th birthday) then I have donated a QPQ - We will be talking about DYK. (I actually think its crazy that Gerda has to "pay" with a QPQ for being generous and helping DYK, but there you go). The article is neutral and a great contribution. Victuallers (talk) 08:50, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review, and the generosity of a qpq. - I was away yesterday, so just didn't get to it. - To my understanding, she lived in Sydney, and to some surprise left the company which toured in the West, staying there, - but anyway, that may be a bit complicated for DYK. If you want to do me (and WIR) a favour, visit the nomination for Giedrė Šlekytė where I feel like Don Quixote. No full review needed, just a hook that speaks about her achievements, although the "broad readership" may not be particularly interested. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Honestly, "ALT1: ... that Ada Baker pretended to be ill to avoid touring the Australian Goldfields" is better. DS (talk) 23:17, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
- Touring as what? An actress? - I am no friend of hooks that only try to catch attention. 700 will click. Millions (who look at the Main page but don't click) would not even learn that she is a soprano touring India and China, and influential voice teacher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:58, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
