Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Kelpe

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:23, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Paul Kelpe

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• ... that Paul Kelpe, painter of two of the first U.S. abstract murals (one pictured), was criticized for murals being too abstract, but an abstract arts group asked him to resign because his work wasn't abstract enough?

• Reviewed: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

Created/expanded by Mandarax (talk). Self nom at 20:45, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Note: I've struck the original hook per Rjanag's mantra. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 01:45, 6 November 2012 (UTC).

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• Mandarax, you might want to adjust the length on the hook. I count it at 215 characters. — Maile (talk) 18:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• A (pictured) doesn't count. You may click on the "Back to T:TDYK" link above and then run DYKcheck to verify that the official hook length is 205. I was hoping for an IAR on the extra five characters. But, now that you mention it, it probably would benefit from a trim. Thanks for the suggestion. The following is 172:
• ALT1: ... that Paul Kelpe was criticized for painting murals which were too abstract, but an abstract arts group asked him to resign because his work (example pictured) wasn't abstract enough? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:06, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

REVIEW COMPLETED - The following has been checked in this review by Maile66

• QPQ done by Mandarax on August 10, 2012
• Article created by Mandarax on November 3, 2012 and has 7,466 characters of readable prose
• NPOV, well written, well sourced
• Both the original and Alt1 hooks are short enough, hooky without being misleading, and appropriately sourced
• Hook image is freely licensed on Commons under Public Domain
• Every paragraph sourced
• Duplication Detector run, no copyvio found

GOOD 2 GO - Mandarax, I learned something here - that the "pictured" phrase is not part of the hook character count. And it was a pleasurable read doing this one. I did so enjoy learning about this artist and his work. Thank you for writing it.— Maile (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for the kind words!

  BTW, I was curious about the most recent previous DYK which featured an image of an abstract painting. I looked at every month's archive from the present back through October 2010, and didn't find a single one. So it's been over two years! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 22:23, 4 November 2012 (UTC)