Template:Did you know nominations/Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
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Mordant Wing from northeast
- ... that the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Mordant Wing, pictured) is the only contemporary art museum in the country with a permanent collection? Source: "It will reopen March 29 as the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia — a name that reflects its status as the only contemporary art museum in the country with a permanent collection."; Ginanne Brownell, The New York Times; March 21, 2010
- ALT1: ... that it took almost 50 years to establish the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Mordant Wing, pictured) from JW Power's bequest to the University of Sydney for that purpose? Source: "The Museum of Contemporary Art was founded in 1989 to deliver the ‘museum’ aspect of John Power’s desire to bring international contemporary art to Australia ... John Power was a visionary benefactor who bequeathed to the University of Sydney funds: ... to make available to the people of Australia the latest ideas and theories… of the most recent contemporary art of the world and by creation of schools lecture halls museums and other places for the purpose… of suitably housing the works purchased so as to bring the people of Australia in more direct touch with the latest art developments in other countries. (1939 Will of John Power)", JW Power Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
- ALT2: ... that JW Power's £A2 million bequest to the University of Sydney to establish the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Mordant Wing, pictured) was the largest yet made to an Australian university? Source: Same as Alt1: "At that time it was the largest monetary bequest – approximately 2 million pounds in shares – ever received by the University of Sydney or by any arts body."
- ALT3: ... that when the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Mordant Wing, pictured) was struggling financially around 2000, its new director increased visitation by eliminating the admission fee? Source: Same as ALT0: "The 1999 appointment of Ms. Macgregor, a Scot who had previously worked for the Arts Council of Great Britain and also as director of Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, immediately helped to turn the museum’s reputation around. 'The first thing we did was to take the door charge off,' she said. 'As soon as we did that, it completely changed the atmosphere. People came in out of curiosity' ... Attendance rose from 100,000 a year to almost 600,000 by the time the museum closed for renovations in 2010."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ode to Billie Joe
- Comment: As I said at my recent renomination of Midnight Sun Mosque, I would like this one to not run on the Main Page until that one has, since it will be my 700th DYK and I'd like for it to be that one as it's special to me.
Improved to Good Article status by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 21:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC).
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This article was promoted to Good Article status on January 14, 2022. The article is prose size (text only): 32541 characters (5217 words) "readable prose size." The article is well sourced, and all hooks listed here are sourced. The article neutral and plagiarism-free. While all hooks work well and meet DYK criteria, I prefer the original hook. The image in this DYK is free and is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. I ask that admins be mindful of Daniel Case's request that this DYK not run on the Main Page until Midnight Sun Mosque has, since that will be their 700th DYK. West Virginian (talk) 22:50, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
- @West Virginian and Daniel Case:
a new source appears to have been added since West Virginian indicated approval, it's a podcast titled Build It; They'll Come: Elizabeth Ann Macgregor with a former director of the MCA. It's usable under WP:ABOUTSELF, i suppose, but it's used ten times and not always for trivial claims. Could this be cleared up? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: What would you like me to do? It's hosted by Helen Dalley, one of Australia's most respected journalists ... I'm not quite sure that comes under ABOUTSELF if there's two people involved, and it wasn't self-published. I mean, if it were a print interview published in a magazine or newspaper, I don't see why we're having this conversation.
What non-trivial claims would you like to call attention to? I'm about halfway through listening to it, and I don't see anything that really conflicts with the other sources. Daniel Case (talk) 02:41, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Ah-that's my mistake, i didn't realize it was more of an interview format. That works fine, then :) sorry about that! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:43, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron: What would you like me to do? It's hosted by Helen Dalley, one of Australia's most respected journalists ... I'm not quite sure that comes under ABOUTSELF if there's two people involved, and it wasn't self-published. I mean, if it were a print interview published in a magazine or newspaper, I don't see why we're having this conversation.
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