Talk:Martha Holliday

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A fact from Martha Holliday appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Martha Holliday.

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:14, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Martha Holliday in Yank, The Army Weekly (1946)

... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (pictured) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"? Source: here ("The lanuourously graceful pose of Martha Holliday lazily sunning herself beside a swimming pool created a near-panic in the United States Senate.")
- Reviewed: Bob Harlan

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 16 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Martha Holliday; 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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ~~The QPQ is pending. The sentence "For three years, she taught dance routines to Warner Brothers stars." would benefit from a ref.~~ Also, if discoverable, what she died from at age 48 might be of interest. I am unclear whether the image used should be the lighter one, found at the same image page. Also, the promotor can decide whether this image caption should have an inline to the magazine. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D2D:8862:1D25:CC55 (talk) 22:00, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@2603:7000:2101:AA00:D2D:8862:1D25:CC55: QPQ added. Also, cite added for the sentence you mentioned. I have been unable to find an obituary or cause of death. My guess is her name may changed after marriage, which makes it difficult to find this. Cbl62 (talk) 01:51, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not clear that she married. This site, for what it's worth, indicates her buried name as Harriette A. Olson. With a corresponding simple gravestone. Anyway, good to go, w my above comments as to a couple of points I am leaving to the promotor. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D2D:8862:1D25:CC55 (talk) 03:36, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the image license @Cbl62:. Do we know, if the original image in the magazine taken by the US Govt employees? In other words did they obtain the image from someone or did they take the image? From some quick cursory research I do not see any image attribution in the magazine, and I also do not see any reason to believe it is not the work of Yank magazine. Bruxton (talk) 21:11, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yank, the Army Weekly was published by the US military. If you look on commons, there are hundreds of images and pin-ups from the magazine, all classified as public domain. Cbl62 (talk) 21:16, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]