Template:Did you know nominations/Hotel Polen fire

Hotel Polen fire, Ania Bien

 * ... that the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was the subject of a photographic installation by Ania Bien, which was inspired by the disastrous fire that destroyed it and killed 33 people?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Edward Stroehling and Template:Did you know nominations/John Vanderpoel.

Hotel Polen fire created/expanded by User:SpeakFree (talk), User:LadyofShalott (talk), User:Drmies (talk), User:Cullen328 (talk); Ania Bien by LadyofShalott, Drmies, Cullen328. Nominated by Drmies (talk) at 05:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Alt 1:... that the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam and the Holocaust were the subjects of Ania Bien's photographic installation, inspired by the fire that destroyed the hotel and killed 33 people? Lady  of  Shalott  05:47, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hotel Polen fire properly indicates foreign language citations, while Ania Bien does not. Please adjust citations, especially the one for this hook from the Jewish Historical Museum.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:58, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I have fixed this issue. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 02:02, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Both articles pass date and length.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:58, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The Brooklynrail ref does not support the term "inspired by the fire". I think it would be more appropriate to say inspired by the Holocaust and use the fire link in another way.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:58, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The article says "For "Hotel Polen" (1986), Bien fabricated eighteen replicas of the Hotel Polen’s (a 1930s-style hotel in Amsterdam that burned to the ground in 1977) menu stands, placed enlargements of photographs in them, and installed them in a closed circle in the gallery. The images all alluded to the Holocaust in one way or another". It doesn't literally say "inspired by the fire" but that might be be concluded from the text. Hotel Polen is directly named, it can't refer to something else. It should say something like "referring the fire" which is more factual. Edit: Fixed this issue as well. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 02:08, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I sort of disagree, but not strongly. I await a third party opinion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:38, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * What do you find objectional about the article as it is now? SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 08:15, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The objection is with the hook.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:58, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

<--Well, let's tweak the hook: ALT2: ... that the Holocaust and the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam, which burned down in a disastrous fire that destroyed the hotel and killed 33 people, were the subjects of Ania Bien's 1986 photographic installation? BTW, I've added SpeakFree to the Ania Bien nomination given all their valuable work on the article. Thanks Tony, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Note: I've tweaked the ALT2 hook as "fire" is a very short word and thus the link might get overlooked easily. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 00:04, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT2 is good to go. TonyTheTiger 01:29, 19 December 2011 (UTC)