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Giuseppe Cassioli

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk)

... that Giuseppe Cassioli created the design for the Summer Olympic Games medals which was used for 40 years?

Created by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 20:51, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar point: I think this should read "created a design for the Summer Olympic Games that was used for 40 years". The original wording suggests that there is only one design. rʨanaɢ (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- ... that Giuseppe Cassioli created a design for the Summer Olympic Games medals that was used for 40 years? (agreed - it reads better) violet/riga (t) 11:48, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ALT: ... that an error by sculptor Giuseppe Cassioli meant that medals for the Summer Olympic Games depicted the Colosseum for 76 years?

I keep playing with the wording of that second hook but can't quite get it to feel right. violet/riga _^[talk] 00:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hook

Length, format, content rules: Looks good. Truthkeeper88 (talk)
Source: For the hook only Truthkeeper88 (talk)
Interest: Vaguely interesting. Truthkeeper88 (talk)
Image suitability, if applicable: NA Truthkeeper88 (talk)
ALT hooks, if proposed:

Article

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Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): the article is unsourced except the hook. Needs sources Truthkeeper88 (talk)
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Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: - see below
From the article: His design incorporated Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, holding a winner's crown and palm on the front and a winner carried by a crowd of people on the reverse.
From the source: Florentine sculptor and painter Giuseppe Cassioli wins an IOC competition to design the medals and from 1928 to 1968, the basic design remains identical. The front shows victory goddess Nike, holding a winner's crown and a palm. The back: a winner carried by a crowd. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 00:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio: Can't check without sources.
Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Needs some rewriting Truthkeeper88 (talk) 00:38, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments/discussion:

It's not a copyvio - I used the Italian article as part of the research along with other sources that are not yet included. I will get around to adding them but it is sufficient for DYK. violet/riga _^[talk] 23:36, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a bit of work done. violet/riga _^[talk] 00:45, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree as to the closeness of the paraphrasing. The paraphrasing seems fine. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:39, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Looks okay]. Good to go. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]