Talk:The Cage (ballet)

A fact from The Cage (ballet) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that at the premiere of The Cage, a ballet about female insects preying on their male counterparts, choreographer Jerome Robbins's mother walked out of the theater?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:44, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in The Hague, there was an unsuccessful attempt to ban Jerome Robbins' The Cage, a ballet about female insects preying on their male counterparts? Source: [1], p. 122
- ALT1: ... that Jerome Robbins commented in that The Cage, his ballet about female insects preying on their male counterparts, Nora Kaye "didn't ever play human or have human responses"? Source: [2], p. 190
- ALT2: ... that at the premiere of The Cage, a ballet about female insects preying on their male counterparts, choreographer Jerome Robbins' mother walked out of the theater? Source: [3], p. 391
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/As It Was

5x expanded by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:00, 3 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

A 5x expansion has been accomplished and a QPQ has been done. No close paraphrasing was found; assuming good faith on the sources I can't access. Among the three hooks, ALT2 is probably the most interesting one to a broad audience, or at the very least the most eye-catching. The walking out part is cited; however, the "female insects preying on their male counterparts" part is only mentioned in the plot section (which is currently unreferenced given that plot sections normally do not need a reference). I will get back to you if plot sections are exempt from the "hook facts must have at least one footnote" criterion or not; the nomination will be good to go once this is resolved. One possible option could be to find a secondary source that references that particular plot point and add it to its mention in the lede. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:34, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: I added one sentence at the end of the second paragraph the production section instead. Corachow (talk) 09:48, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Narutolovehinata5 again. Corachow (talk) 17:50, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for missing this. ALT2 alone is approved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:55, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]