Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Galvin

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:26, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Daniel Galvin[edit]

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~~... that Daniel Galvin, a British hairdresser made famous for helping style Twiggy in the 1960s, was awarded an OBE in the 2006 Honours List?~~

ALT1:... that Daniel Galvin, a British hairdresser whose clients included Margaret Thatcher and Diana, Princess of Wales, was awarded an OBE in 2006?
ALT2.... that Daniel Galvin, a British hairdresser whose vibrant, neon-coloured dyes were considered revolutionary in the late 1960s, was awarded an OBE in 2006?
Comment: although this biography was begun 18 October and is technically more than 7 days old, it has been expanded and fact-checked by me since ... There are a million ways to write this hook, and of course Madonna or Camila Parker-Bowles could be in there with the ALT1 crowd, in counterpoint to Diana, Princess of Wales, but I think Twiggy might be more culturally relevant to the OBE and, I dunno, for creating a concise hook ... Who knew hairdressers could win OBEs? I didn't, hence the nomination [Note: Leonard of Mayfair is credited with Twiggy's actual haircut, while Galvin was the colourist on staff. That's why I've amended the term "style" to "helping style"]

Created/expanded by Voceditenore (talk). Nominated by Vesuvius Dogg (talk) at 19:12, 28 October 2015 (UTC).

Comment Galvin was perhaps a pioneer, but Nicky Clarke also has an OBE (awarded 2 years after Galvin's) and Vidal Sassoon has the even higher CBE (awarded 3 years after Galvin's). Having said all that, I don't think a case can be made for relaxing the nomination deadline restrictions here. Voceditenore (talk) 09:23, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Comment Rules are rules, and that is why I pointed out that it was 10 days old, not 7, and since Voce had already sourced it, my almost doubling the prose probably doesn't skirt the unsourced BLP exception. I just think it's a cool little article, and a nice PR rescue given that the subject really does meet WP notability. Glad that Voce took the trouble. DYK or not, I'm happy Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 21:41, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Whether the 7-day limit is strictly enforced is often decided by the reviewer's discretion and I'm inclined to let this one slide since (a) three extra days is hardly a big deal and (b) it appears that this is only Vesuvius Dogg's second DYK. The article's length and tone are okay, and I haven't seen any close paraphrasing from the sources I can access. I'm approving the ALT1 hook since the original isn't supported by the article (it doesn't say that Galvin's styling of Twiggy made him famous) and ALT2 is a less interesting alternative. ALT1 is supported by inline citations (the source supporting his OBE was dead so I've replaced the citation with another). QPQ is not required since the nominator has fewer than five previous DYKs. 97198 (talk) 14:12, 16 November 2015 (UTC)