Template:Did you know nominations/Flood (They Might Be Giants album)


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 10:04, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Flood (They Might Be Giants album)

 * ... that the cover of the They Might Be Giants album Flood uses a photograph captured by Margaret Bourke-White during the Ohio River flood of 1937?
 * ALT1: ... that two-thirds of the budget for the They Might Be Giants album Flood was exhausted in the production of four of its nineteen songs?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Game of War: Fire Age

Improved to Good Article status by Boomur (talk). Self nominated at 01:01, 27 February 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article improved to GA status on Feb 26, nominated for DYK on Feb 27. Article length is 18534 characters. QPQ has been done. Hook is really interesting, sourced and cited. Within policy and neutral. —  ₳aron  10:24, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg It is a great hook, but it's not sourced in the article. The citation for the fact says that the photograph depicts "Kentucky flood victims from around 1930". The source doesn't say anything about the Ohio River flood of 1937. Yoninah (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The source also mentions Bourke-White's iconic photograph of a waiting line in front of a billboard, which was taken in Kentucky for LIFE magazine as part of a series on the 1937 Ohio River flood. The cover looks similar (cropped) to a photo found here, for the same series. If the original hook is still contentious, could ALT1 not be taken as an alternative? Fuebaey (talk) 20:32, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for the new source, . It appears that the interview source is incorrect in citing "a 1930s flood"; it's not unusual to find mistakes in sources. The new source connects the picture to the 1937 flood, while the interview source connects the picture with the album cover. I added the new source to the article, and am happy to pass this. Original hook verified, cited inline, and good to go. Yoninah (talk) 15:33, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Just a quick note to say thanks Fuebaey and Yoninah! I'd have sought out a reference but I have hardly had time for Wikipedia these past few weeks. Boomur &#91;☎&#93; 19:03, 1 April 2015 (UTC)