Talk:Altars for Peace

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 19:55, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the first Altar for Peace was built from a 300 year old tree that took a week to cut, a process that was almost derailed when woodworkers hit a concrete pipe in it?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wickiup Hill
• Comment: I wonder if we might be able to squeeze this in for International Peace Day, 21 september

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:13, 13 September 2021 (UTC).

Interesting article and topic, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. I'm not quite happy with the hook, because I think we should say it's a series of wood-cut art works. One of them - as in the hook - could be in italics, to clarify that. I - as a reader - would be more interested in the global significance than in the difficulties of the first one. Ideas? I support Peace Day, but then we should move fast. Will return later today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:34, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda, italicized references to the individual works. Are you suggesting something like the following? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:09, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

ALT1... that the Altars for Peace were conceived by the woodworker George Nakashima as places "dedicated to the divine and peace"?

ALT2a... that four Altars for Peace have been placed on different continents around the world?

ALT2b... that four Altars for Peace have been placed on different continents as places "dedicated to the divine and peace"?

ALT3... that four Altars for Peace have been fashioned out of large trees to make tables "dedicated to the divine and peace"?

Thank you for the suggestions! Striking two to make a choice easier, but suggesting a new combinations, thinking that of course different continents are "around the world" (waste of the little space a hook has to offer), and most altars are "to the divine" anyway:

ALT4: ... that four Altars for Peace, fashioned out of large trees by George Nakashima, have been placed on different continents? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt and Eddie891: The hook/quote for ALT2b (which I'd rather promote) is not sourced inline, and the nomination doesn't have a source on it either. Is the relevant source inaccessible? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:58, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

There are other direct quotes in this nomination that have to be sourced inline also, if I'm not mistaken. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:59, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

I hope Eddie can help to both. As said above I think it's so obvious that a peace altar is dedicated to the divine and peace that - quote or not - I'd hesitate to say that as a fact readers probably didn't know. The artist, however, and that they are made from old trees, are facts they probably didn't know, - at least I didn't ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Theleekycauldron directly sourced the quote,but I'd also be fine with Gerda's hook-- she does have a point that an altar for peace presumably has a divine component and is dedicated to peace-- the quote in 2b and 3 could seem somewhat repetitive. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 17:14, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

All right, then I think we're good on ALT4. I'll promote it in a bit theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 18:43, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

ALT4 to T:DYK/P1