Talk:Darktown Comics

A fact from Darktown Comics appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures (example pictured), was a perennial bestseller for Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?

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Did you know nomination

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 Maile66 (talk) 20:44, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Liberty frightenin' de world

... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures (example pictured), was a perennial bestseller for Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production? Source: https://books.google.co.uk/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=-U93AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22The+best+-+selling+item+appears+to+have+been+%E2%80%9C+Darktown+Comics%22%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22The+best+-+selling+item+appears+to+have+been+%E2%80%9C+Darktown+Comics%22%22 "The bestselling item appears to have been Darktown Comics" https://books.google.com/books?id=tNbq3-vuIPkC&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb (forgot to note exact quote for 'one third', have re-ordered the book but it's an interlibrary loan, could be a couple weeks!)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)

Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 18:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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: I verified the hook [1] and here, though not based on the article's source. Otherwise looks good to me. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, Eddie891! —valereee (talk) 15:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note to promoter: I think the image slot is crucial for this hook. —valereee (talk) 18:30, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

change of caption

I've changed the caption for the main image based on https://gallery.currier-ives.com/gallery30017.htm, looking more closely I realize the other is handwritten, don't think we should use it. —valereee (talk) 19:57, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]