Talk:Pete Sutherland

A fact from Pete Sutherland appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland (pictured) hosted concerts at his house for $10—or $9 if you brought your own chair?

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DYK?[edit]

@Thriley, any thoughts on potential DYK facts while this is still fresh? Thanks for creating the draft! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:37, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'll take a look right now. Thriley (talk) 17:25, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe something about this? "When Scanlon graduated from high school, Pete had the "brilliant idea" to hit the road, Scanlon said. In fall 2014, with bandmate Tristan Henderson, Pete's Posse piled into a 2002 Buick LeSabre for a 12,000-mile, two-and-a-half-month tour.": Seven Days. Thriley (talk) 17:33, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Or "did you know Pete Sutherland was arguably the dean of traditional music in Vermont? : Times Argus. Thriley (talk) 17:35, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First one seems a little more unusual, in that it doesn't fall into the "well, someone had to be X thing, and why should I care that it was this particular person" trap. I'm not quite sure how to distill it into something short enough for a hook, though.

I also notice this passage in the Seven Days profile:

Pete kept a big garden and loved eating from it. "He seldom took care to wash the dirt off his lettuce," Calum said. Pete foraged for fiddlehead ferns and hen of the woods mushrooms and sautéed them in butter. He made mushroom-barley soup that tasted so good, Calum said, it's tough to re-create. He valued "simple pleasures," Calum said. "Simple, do-it-yourself pleasures."

Maybe there's something there? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:11, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WAIT...scratch all that! I found the 2000 profile alluded to in the Burlington Free Press obit, and it contains this gem: Did you know ... That the "dean of Vermont traditional music," Pete Sutherland, hosted concerts at his house for $10 — or $9 if you brought your own chair? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:20, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That’s perfect!! Thriley (talk) 15:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 01:45, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Pete Sutherland

... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland hosted concerts at his house for $10 — or $9 if you brought your own chair? Source: The Burlington Free Press "The main room is used on occasion for house concerts hosted by the Sutherlands, parlor recitals by friends from near and far. The $10 (or so) cost is defrayed by a dollar if you bring your own chair."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Storrie Fire
- Comment: I'd love for an image to accompany the hook, as Sutherland is the absolute archetype of the adorable old man look; I'll update if the Flickr photographer I reached out to releases anything.

Moved to mainspace by Sdkb (talk) and Thriley (talk). Nominated by Sdkb (talk) at 07:39, 28 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Pete Sutherland; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 16:27, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - @Lightburst, Sdkb, and Bruxton: I've reopened this nom per the request in the talk page, so you can add the image to it. That's not a promise that it will be run with an image BTW, that's not for me to decide and you'll have to negotiate that with the DYK promoters... But at least the option is there now! Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 16:15, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Much thanks, Amakuru! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:39, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here are the other two images to consider. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:46, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Sutherland

Did not die of cancer[edit]

When someone is euthanized, that is what thry die of. They did not die of their sickness,but from being euthanized.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:34, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My view is that the category should be present because he was dying of cancer when he chose euthanasia. We include those who died of complications of cancer all the time in these categories and this is equivalent. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:26, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]