Template:Did you know nominations/Bryan Nash Gill


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:47, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Bryan Nash Gill

 * ... that artist Bryan Nash Gill, known for his sculptures and cross-sections of trees, named his son Forest?
 * Reviewed: Arthur Tipton

Created by 97198 (talk). Self nominated at 12:41, 30 August 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Hook is cited. --Jakob (talk)  23:37, 30 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I regret having to pull this back, but I haven't had any luck with rewording this in prep given the complicated tenses involved. Neither source nor article says that Gill came up with the name "Forest"; it could have been suggested by his wife for all we know. All the source and article say is that the son's name is apt. I initially thought of "had a son named Forest", but it sounded as if the son was the one who died (Gill died in 2013), and "has a son named Forest" doesn't work because Gill did die. I hope a good juxtaposition can be found, and apologize for not being the one who could do it. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:35, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Nearly half a day later: would "who was known for his sculptures and cross-sections of trees, had a son named Forest?" be an acceptable alternate? I think past tense throughout could work... BlueMoonset (talk) 06:03, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * You're over-thinking it. It doesn't matter if a DYK hook is slightly ambiguous. Hawkeye7 (talk) 09:40, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I mulled it over for a while and the best I could come up with was "had a son named Forest". I like your suggestion. 97198 (talk) 10:31, 1 September 2014 (UTC)