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Mural with Blue Brushstroke, Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein)

Created/expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 13:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Symbol question.svgBoth the 'Mural' and 'Mermaid' articles are a little too short with 1481 and 1491 characters, removing all the quotes. Mikenorton (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
  • OK, re-reading the rules I see that it only mentions 'block quotes', so sorry - not that a small increase will have harmed these articles and thanks for that. The articles are both new enough and long enough with enough citations. AGF for Plagiarism/copyvio. I don't personally find the hook that interesting - perhaps something referring to them being amongst his few major commissioned pieces of public art (based on this)? Mikenorton (talk) 21:08, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
  • I am not comfortable with the change you are suggesting because I don't believe the source you are pointing me to is complete. Those are selected commissions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
  • OK, fair enough, how about (based on the same source)
  • Symbol question.svg I find myself singularly underwhelmed by the article about Mermaid. From the article, I couldn't figure out where it is (the location is a redlink). A little web research indicates that it's not in Miami proper (as the article states), but in Miami Beach, at the Jackie Gleason Center at the Miami Beach Convention Center. (See this article for more information.) There have been problems with maintenance of the artwork, but it was restored and rededicated in 2001 (according to this webpage) and again in 2010 (according to this page). The Jackie Gleason Center is being torn down (or perhaps has already been torn down), and I haven't figured out what the current status of the sculpture is. I don't believe that an article that is so unclueful about its topic as this one is deserves to be featured on the main page. --Orlady (talk) 22:17, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
As of February 2012, the theater is still standing [1] so I would assume the sculpture is still there. Froggerlaura ribbit 23:37, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
  • I see no compelling reasons to pair up these two articles in particular for a double DYK hook. Please split them up.
--69.158.118.187 (talk) 03:38, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
    • I had paired them up mainly because I had nominated about 3 dozen Roy Lichtenstein articles paired up into about 2 dozen hooks within a week and common procedure when you are nominating dozens of similar articles is to pair them up. You might look at two of them that have been paired up and say these two don't really have to go together, but when you think about putting 3 dozen similar hooks onto the main page it is best for the group of them if you pair a lot of them up. In this case we are pairing up his two most prominent commissioned works (which obviously go together naturally). Of course, if you prefer when I do 3 dozen similar hooks I could make it a policy to nominate them all individually.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:50, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
      • Given the need for balance in DYK hook sets, the DYK regulars appreciate your efforts to combine two articles into a dual hook. The problem is that, although there are interesting aspects in both articles, the combined hook about public-art commissions is duller than dishwater. A small army of reviewers has been trying to come up with a more interesting hook, but the fact is that the two artworks seem to have little in common. --Orlady (talk) 05:04, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
      • It's great to have about 3 dozens of Roy Lichtenstein related nominations, but it's best to spread them out rather than bunching them together for no reason. If you want to make policy, then decide on whether to bunch them up base on the availability of a good hook. --69.158.118.187 (talk) 05:20, 3 June 2012 (UTC)