Talk:Whitey Schafer

A fact from Whitey Schafer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that photographer Whitey Schafer (portrait of Barbara Stanwyck pictured) thought canned sex was better than cold cream?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Portrait of Barbara Stanwyck by Whitey Schafer

... that photographer Whitey Schafer (portrait of Barbara Stanwyck pictured) thought canned sex was better than cold cream? This canned sex, he avers, is far better than cold cream.
- ALT1: ... that photographer Whitey Schafer (portrait of Barbara Stanwyck pictured) used canned sex to make his subjects look like china dolls? The canned sex … is a Schafer innovation … He rubs it on a lady's shoulder to bring out what he calls "china-doll" highlights.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Emil Utitz
Comment: There are many hooky facts in this article (died in a yacht explosion, good friends with Bill Boyd), but I picked the ones directly relevant to the picture. Other suggestions welcome. Ironically, there are many PD photos by Schafer (see commons:Template:Publicity still), but none I can find of him.

Created by AleatoryPonderings (talk). Self-nominated at 16:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

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: Fantastically concise article about a great artist. Wonderfully smouldering image. Is the image truly free to use? No Swan So Fine (talk) 15:28, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, No Swan So Fine. Based on my research and commons:Template:PD-US-no notice, the film still is in the public domain because it does not include a copyright notice and was published between 1926 and 1977. The source is this eBay page, which shows the front and back of the still and no visible copyright notice. Pretty incredible, I agree! AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 15:36, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I've amended my review accordingly. No Swan So Fine (talk) 15:37, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P3

Date of birth?[edit]

According to one of the references to this article, Whitey was born on May 16, 1902.

https://ladailymirror.com/2013/11/04/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-mdash-a-l-whitey-schafer-simplifies-portraits/ 2A02:AA1:1621:5E92:6108:6981:F086:9F05 (talk) 21:08, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]