Template:Did you know nominations/Carole Gibbons
- 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 SL93 talk 20:08, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
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Carole Gibbons
- ... that Carole Gibbons was considered "Scotland's greatest female painter" by John Bellany?
- Source: "Despite being described by the late John Bellany as 'Scotland’s greatest female painter'"[1]
- ALT1: ... that the Scottish painter Carole Gibbons had her first US exhibition in her eighties? Source: "Carole Gibbons (b. 1935 Glasgow, Scotland) ... Gibbons' first exhibition in the US opened at White Columns in 2024."[2], though her age was pointed out by [3] "This past year, however, has seen Gibbons – who is 88 – exhibit at White Columns in New York"
- ALT2: ... that cats are painted by Gibbons? Source: "Gibbons’s work has shifted ... to more quotidian themes: interiors, cats, still lifes."[4]
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Created by PrinceTortoise (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
PrinceTortoise (he/him • poke) 09:12, 5 April 2025 (UTC).
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Hook eligibility:
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- For ALT1, her age at the time of the exhibition isn't mentioned in the article. - Interesting:
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Overall: 
ALT1 has that minor cite issue, but other than that, this is all good. I really like ALT2 in particular :] Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 17:12, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review Suntooooth. Regarding ALT1: You're right (of course), and I would need to add something to the effect of "Gibbons was in her eighties at the time" to the article for that hook to work. Though I originally meant to include a sentence like that, I'm now undecided as to whether it belongs in the article. Because I'll probably keep going back and forth for the next few weeks, it'll be safer to use one of the other two hooks. If ALT2 is good, then I'd say we use that one. PrinceTortoise (he/him • poke) 10:02, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- Yep, I agree - it's not particularly necessary to fix ALT1 when there's other perfectly good hooks. ALT0 isn't very interesting in my opinion (it kind of relies on knowing who John Bellany is to be interesting), but it'll do if ALT2 doesn't work out for whatever reason. ALT0 and ALT2 approved
Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 10:09, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
- Yep, I agree - it's not particularly necessary to fix ALT1 when there's other perfectly good hooks. ALT0 isn't very interesting in my opinion (it kind of relies on knowing who John Bellany is to be interesting), but it'll do if ALT2 doesn't work out for whatever reason. ALT0 and ALT2 approved
