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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Mckenna Grace (pictured) has portrayed younger versions of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Tonya Harding, and Captain Marvel?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that child actress Mckenna Grace has over 70 credits? Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Mckenna Grace is the most credited child actor? Source: [2]
- ALT2: ... that Mckenna Grace has portrayed younger versions of Tonya Harding, Sabrina Spellman, and Captain Marvel? Source: [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Book of Roads and Kingdoms

Created by Pamzeis (talk). Self-nominated at 04:58, 14 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/List of Mckenna Grace performances; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Interesting hook. The article has a good introductory paragraph before going into the list which is properly referenced. I suggest to use ALT2 as the hook, as I believe that it can attract Wikipedia readers and users who are fans of the characters played by Grace which are mentioned in it. Toadboy123 (talk) 05:52, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Toadboy123: I just thought of an idea for a hook; IDK if it would work and it's exactly at 200 characters, but...

ALT3: ... that Mckenna Grace has portrayed younger versions of Captain Marvel, Emma Swan, Daphne Blake, Tonya Harding, Sabrina Spellman, Caroline Forbes, Madison Lake, Theo Crain, and Abby Fisher?

I think it kinda gets the reader to think, "wow, that's a lot"... y'know? I ordered them by which are most well-known by the GP (I think). Pamzeis (talk) 13:09, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pamzeis: I would suggest it would be good idea if you just go with ALT2. ALT3 makes the hook too cluttered but if you would want to proceed with ALT3, then remove characters which do not have a linked article in order to reduce cluttering of the hook.Toadboy123 (talk) 15:52, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Toadboy123: Mckenna Grace recently got promoted to GA-status, so I was wondering whether we could do multi-article hook. I believe ALT0, 1 and 3 wouldn't work in this case, but for ALT2:
- ALT2a: ... that Mckenna Grace (pictured) has portrayed younger versions of Tonya Harding, Sabrina Spellman, and Captain Marvel?

I've never done a multi-article hook before, so I'm not really sure on the procedure though. Pamzeis (talk) 08:36, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mckenna Grace

Also, there's a possible image for this nomination and the QPQ for Mckenna Grace is Template:Did you know nominations/Music of Spider-Verse. Pamzeis (talk) 08:41, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2a approved. Toadboy123 (talk) 14:39, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Sorry for pinging you twice on a nom you were fine with to begin. Pamzeis (talk) 14:58, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit request[edit]

Hello Pamzeis. After completing my preliminary copyedit I always ask questions about the article to ensure that my edit reflects the intended meaning and is clear in doing so. Please reply to each point by indenting below each one like you would a conversation; items will be struck out once they have been answered. Please ping me with {{U}}, {{ping}}, or {{re}} as I have a lot of items on my watchlist. My copyediting process can be found here. ~~~~

Hey, Pamzeis, good work on the article. There isn't much I had to tweak. A few questions:

In 2022, Grace wrote, executive produced, and starred in a sequel to The Bad Seed [...]
Formatting and wikilink in original. Any particular reason why the film isn't being referred to by its actual name? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:28, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, not really. I just put it like that because.... I felt like it lol. Pamzeis (talk) 06:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Changed it to the film's title. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
She trained in cheer, gymnastics, tap, and ballet—as well as participating in beauty pageants, where she was crowned "Tiny Miss Texas".
Going to assume that she doesn't do this anymore? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:28, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, no, she doesn't from what I've seen. Pamzeis (talk) 06:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Changed it to past tense. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to your responses. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:28, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tenryuu: Responded to your questions.

Lemme know if anything else needs to be clarified. Pamzeis (talk) 06:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Pamzeis: I think that's everything. Just wanted to point out that I removed

The film tells the story of Mary Adler (Grace), an intellectually gifted seven-year-old who becomes the subject of a custody battle between her maternal uncle and maternal grandmother.

because it seemed irrelevant to who Grace is. Best of luck with the nomination! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strange order[edit]

The article includes She took a college course on media aesthetics in 2021, in which she wrote about The Handmaid's Tale approximately four times in the "Early life section" Outside of this not being in her "early life" (there's a few other sentences there which also don't appear to be appropriate for this section title), this also does not adequately introduce what "The Handmaid's Tale (TV show)" is. This is only done much later in the article, when it states: In 2021, Grace began recurring on the Hulu dystopian series The Handmaid's Tale, an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name :3 F4U (they /it) 14:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's difficult to get everything in perfect chronological order, but there are other ways to organize. The section discusses her education, so the info about a college course fits. Educational details should not be in the Career section. I don't see a need to explain The Handmaid's Tale any further in that section. There is a link if anyone wishes to get more details. Much more detail appears later in the article about her acting career. Sundayclose (talk) 14:49, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Freedom4U and Sundayclose: The article is currently a featured article candidate, here - Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mckenna Grace/archive1 I would encourage you both to make any comments which may improve the article there. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox image[edit]

Just saying... that the current infobox image is horrible and does her no good. Might do well to change it. 103.177.232.33 (talk) 19:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya. Do you have any specific concerns about the image? 'Cuz ATM, it just seems to be a case of WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT. Pamzeis (talk) 00:57, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I complained above about the previous image, and just wanted to note that ip103 is a different person, I don't know what their specific complaints might be. The current image is a marginal improvement over the previous image (from the same photoshoot) where McKenna was smiling so hard she it was almost wikt:gurning. As this is supposed to be an encyclopedia I still would prefer a more serious and formal image but from the available images on Wikimedia Commons this one is adequate. I still think the non-smiling image would be better. -- 109.77.197.70 (talk) 20:32, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Has this article been featured twice within a one-year period?[edit]

If I remember it was featured on the home page back in 2023, so is this technically allowed for an article to be featured twice within a one-year timespan? 2605:8D80:403:92E6:A80B:C481:A643:AB40 (talk) 12:10, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not but your memory may be wrong, - at least I don't see it in the article history (above). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or do you mean the DYK (Did you know ...?) appearance? No problem in that case. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:24, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]