Template:Did you know nominations/I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:42, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

 * ... that the 1928 Charles Demuth painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold appeared on a U.S. postage stamp (pictured) in 2013? Source: Citation #8: Modern Art in America 1913-1931 Stamps
 * Reviewed: Robin Ling

5x expanded by David notMD (talk). Self-nominated at 20:32, 14 January 2018 (UTC).


 * I will review this in a few minutes. Vanguard10 (talk) 03:57, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Disclaimer: I am not experienced in reviewing DYK so I ask for patience and also invite an experienced reviewer to add comments.

The first criteria of DYK is "New". With great sadness because this is an interesting article, the DYK fails because it is not new. Neither is it a 5 fold expansion in 7 days. It is expanded from 2787 bytes on September 7, 2017 to 7725 on January 14, 2018. It is not a recent good article. So sorry. Consider making it a good article then resubmitting the DYK.

2nd criteria is "long enough". If it is a good article and, therefore meets criteria 1, it is long enough.

Vanguard10 (talk) 04:04, 15 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Vanguard10 - Bytes are not the measure of 5X. (I made the same error when I began doing DYK reviews.) The correct measure is increase in character length of the prose content. By this note I am asking that someone else do a check for 5X enlargement, and if that passes, that you continue the DYK review. For whoever checks for length, the paragraph "Roberta Smith...pot art." was copied verbatim from the Charles Demuth article, and should be excluded from the length check. Also, because this same paragraph contains long quotes it will show up as a possible copyright violation. David notMD (talk) 11:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Assistance needed: see above paragraph

Criteria 3: cited hook. Yes

Criteria 4: Within policy, such as BLP. Yes

Criteria 5: QPQ done. Yes

Criteria: Hook format ok. Yes

Criteria: Hook content, such as neutral, established fact. Yes.

Criteria: Image not fair use, etc. Yes

Awaiting assistance on length (5X), copyright violation check and overall review because I am a DYK newbie reviewer. However, it is looking very hopeful that this will be a pass. It's an interesting subject, for sure. Vanguard10 (talk) 07:51, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Commented out the paragraph per nominator and ran DYK check tool from the preview. 5x expansion occurred 26 edits ago, well within seven days. However, I had to click the image to see more clearly. Since the USPS statement backs up the hook itself, perhaps the image of the painting itself might be better? Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 08:29, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The image of the painting was already in the article. As the hook is about the stamp, I added an image of the stamp. I suppose a close-up of the stamp would also work, but my thinking was that it would look too much like the image of the painting. Having it handheld, in a frame, accentuates that it is the stamp. Clicking on the stamp's image in the article enlarges it enough to see forever usa across the bottom, confirming it's a stamp. My preference is to get it approved with the existing stamp image, and then see if a DYK administrator has a problem with it when evaluating the hook for moving into the Prep and Queue stages. The image can be removed, but in my opinion the hook is better with the image. David notMD (talk) 11:39, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Bravo, I give it a pass! Rotideypoc41352 helped with the 5x verification. I don't see plagiarism and the copy vio detector shows things that I deem ok. Good luck. Vanguard10 (talk) 05:04, 19 January 2018 (UTC)