Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Kessell

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Mary Kessell

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... that Mary Kessell travelled to Germany in August 1945, after the conclusion of WWII, as one of only three female British official war artists commissioned to work abroad?

Reviewed: Nellie Stone Johnson Created/expanded by France3470 (talk). Self nom at 14:12, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Would this be a good hook for use on March 8th, International Women's Day? Need a speedy review? --PFHLai (talk) 10:37, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

There are quite a few problems with too close paraphrasing e.g. "Marion Campell was one of the most successful interpreters of Kessell's motifs in a variety of hand embroidered methods." in the source and "One of the most successful interpreters of Kessell's motifs was Marion Campell who carried them out in a variety of hand embroidery methods." in the article. I've tried to fix another couple of instances but there are quite a few others. They all need to be fixed, either by rewriting or by quoting. Mikenorton (talk) 23:01, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Working on resolving this now. France3470 (talk) 23:07, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I've made a few more minor changes to sentences that were still in my eyes a little too close for comfort. I've also changed 'traveled' to 'travelled' in the hook, as that is the more common spelling in British English. The date, length and sourcing are all fine. The close paraphrasing concerns appear to have been dealt with. The hook is interesting and short enough and cited in the article. Mikenorton (talk) 21:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)