Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara P. McCarthy


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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Barbara P. McCarthy

 * ... that Barbara P. McCarthy wrote about sarcasm in the Iliad.
 * Reviewed: Carol Cox
 * Comment: The article was written by a new editor at a workshop of the Women's Classical Committee

Created by 2018 S Classics (talk) and Andrew Davidson (talk). Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk) at 22:02, 27 September 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg This article is new enough and long enough. I am unable to find the hook facts in the article. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright/close paraphrasing issues. A QPQ has been done. I assume the "Doctor of Letters" in 1980 was an honorary degree? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:56, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I came by to try to suggest another hook, but there isn't much content to work with in the career section. The last line of this section is a sentence fragment. Yoninah (talk) 13:18, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The original hook seems to be based on the inclusion of a minor work in the list of publications of the article. I've broken up some rum-on sentences, added some citations to the sections that were missing them, and would like to propose the following hook:
 * ALT1 ... that Barbara P. McCarthy disagreed with philologist Rudolf Helm about whether or not Lucian originated a particular form of satiric dialog? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk • contribs) 01:31, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you. ALT1 is satisfactory and I see where ALT0 is coming from now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:23, 3 November 2018 (UTC)