Template:Did you know nominations/Maymie de Mena


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:55, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Maymie de Mena

 * ... that Leonie Turpeau, an American; Maymie de Mena, a Nicaraguan; and Madame Aiken, a British-Jamaican were one and the same? Project Muse requires sign in for access
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sonja Kehler

Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk), Ipigott (talk), Rosiestep (talk), and Megalibrarygirl (talk). Nominated by SusunW (talk) at 17:43, 12 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Let me see if I got it:
 * ALT1: ... that the American Leonie Turpeau, the Nicaraguan Maymie de Mena and the Jamaican Madame Aiken were the same person?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting life, on plenty of good sources, no copyvio obvious. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but don't see an inline cite for the "Madame Aiken" name. Yoninah (talk) 15:05, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm confused. This citation appears when I first mention her marriage to Percy Aiken. It clearly shows Turpeau, de Mena and Aiken as the same person. Every newspaper article from the Gleaner calls her Madame Aiken or Madame De Mena Aiken., , ,. SusunW (talk) 15:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * yes, you say she styled herself as "Madame Aiken" in the lead, but there's no inline cite for that. Perhaps you could mention again that she styled herself as "Madame Aiken" after her marriage to Percy Aiken further down in the article, and add one or two of these newspaper articles as sources to verify that fact. Yoninah (talk) 15:21, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * It took 2 months to develop, cite and have this article reviewed for GA. Because of the complexity of her identity and legal status, it had to be extensively researched and cited. Once again DYK has defeated me. I have added what I consider to be redundant citations. Mrs. Aiken and Madame Aiken were one and the same at this time in the Caribbean, it was a term of respect, as opposed to Miz Maymie, an endearment. SusunW (talk) 15:42, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you for the rewording and the cites. I'm sorry you feel defeated; the article is very well sourced, but to qualify for DYK, the hook facts must be cited in the article. That's all. Restoring tick per Gerda Arendt's review. Yoninah (talk) 16:50, 14 March 2017 (UTC)