Talk:Waharoa (Aotea Square sculpture)

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A fact from Waharoa (Aotea Square sculpture) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Waharoa (pictured), a sculpture by artist Selwyn Muru, was created to metaphorically turn Aotea Square in Auckland into the courtyard of a Māori meeting house?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Waharoa (Aotea Square sculpture).

Title[edit]

I've made this the title because while they currently don't have articles, there are four sculptures called Waharoa in Auckland (three located in central Auckland). --Prosperosity (talk) 22:44, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Rjjiii talk 03:46, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Waharoa (1990) by Selwyn Muru

... that Waharoa (pictured), a sculpture by late artist Selwyn Muru, was created to metaphorically turn Aotea Square in Auckland into the courtyard of a Māori meeting house? Source: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58e441d2f7e0abde3be51110/t/63e07875affa0824ea0648b6/1675655328911/Te+Paparahi-Toi+M%C4%81ori_2021_email+version2.pdf https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/waharoa
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society
- Comment: The artist Selwyn Muru passed away two days ago - is it possible for this DYK to be promoted to the main page sometime in the next few weeks?

Created by Prosperosity (talk). Self-nominated at 04:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Waharoa (Aotea Square sculpture); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Starting review. Zeete (talk) 13:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- New (created January 24), long enough (over 4,000 per DYK check and discounting quotes), cited, neutral, Earwig reported violation unlikely (9.1%), QPQ done, hook interesting, cited, length checked ok (long), image ok.

@Prosperosity: Comments: The hook should include "(pictured)". Consider a caption that includes the artist's name. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 13:27, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: How about this? --Prosperosity (talk) 23:34, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Prosperosity: Good to go! Interesting article about the sculpture. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 11:21, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: Hello! Do you mind if I switch out the image for this one? It's a little clearer, especially at 100px. --Prosperosity (talk) 03:08, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Prosperosity: I agree completely. The new photo should be used, shows the details better. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 11:26, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great to hear! I've switched out the photos in the DYK. --Prosperosity (talk) 02:29, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]