Template:Did you know nominations/Pearl Doles Bell


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Pearl Doles Bell

 * ... that American novelist Pearl Doles Bell (pictured) traveled with the Ringling Brothers Circus for six weeks to research her 1919 novel Her Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring? Source: "To get material for "Her Elephant Man," Mrs. Bell spent six weeks with Ringling Brothers Circus"
 * ALT1: ... that American novelist and silent film scenarist Pearl Doles Bell (pictured) once dove with sharks in Key West? Source: NYT article "Dives Among Sharks: Mrs. Pearl Doles Bell Performs Daring Feat at Key West"
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Created by Nonmodernist (talk). Self-nominated at 17:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Interesting life on plenty of good sources, offline sources acceoted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - The image is licensed and shows well, but I'd prefer the other one ;) - I like the original hook much better, - many swim with sharks, - nothing personal - unless a paper makes it a headline. - Until a day before it appears, please get every book and every film referenced, - see a related discussion on WP:DYKTALK. You don't need references in the lead for things referenced in the body, unless for a quote. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:14, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Gerda Arendt. I have removed extraneous refs from lead. I checked the other image and I don't think it displays well enough to be used.


 * I checked WP:DYKTALK for the related book/film referencing discussion and couldn't find it. I will work on getting the books and film cited, though it seems excessive... the author, title, publisher, and year of the book are a citation, and most of the films link to WP articles with Bell credited. --Nonmodernist (talk) 22:50, 6 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Nonmodernist, that I gave you the wrong link, should have been WP:DYK, look for "Is there a DYK rule that books listed in an article need to be referenced, as claimed?" - I won't discuss, because I also believe it's excessive, and takes editor time which could go into article writing. Iridescent's point was new to me, though. I have to do it a lot, and first look if a library holds the works, which is accepted. Why that is accepted but not the same information in the authority control display, is too much for me to understand. ISBN numbers and WorlCat numbers seem also to work. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, Gerda Arendt. I have added refs. --Nonmodernist (talk) 13:28, 7 April 2019 (UTC)