Talk:Ann Dallas
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 | A fact from Ann Dallas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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edit- 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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:25, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
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that by the time she met Queen Elizabeth II, Ann Dallas was amongst "the last surviving member of the old school of painters in Kirkcudbright"?
- Source: The Galloway News, "Kirkcudbright's Right Royal Day": "the Queen ... had first looked at the stuido area where artist Richard Turner was working and then met Mrs Ann Dallas, the last surviving member of the old school of painters in Kirkcudbright"
Usernameunique (talk) 03:12, 7 April 2026 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Overall: 
New enough, long enough, unlikely copyvio according to Earwig, very well written, and everything seems to be cited. Nice work on the article! I spotted no issues. The hook is also interesting, but has a small grammatical error. "Amongst" should only be used if "member" is plural. The article did say that there was perhaps another living member (Tom Lochhead), so it would be best just to paraphrase the quote. Perhaps something like:
- "by the time she met Queen Elizabeth II, Ann Dallas was one of the last surviving members of the old school of painters in Kirkcudbright?"
Other than that, everything seems to be fine. Good job! Chomik! (talk?) 01:04, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks, Chomik1129. You've hit the nail on the head—the hook originally omitted the "amongst", then I found the source mentioning Tom Lochhead, so I added "amongst" to account for that. Since we're no longer using the quotation, How about tightening it to:
- ALT2: ... that by the time she met Queen Elizabeth II, Ann Dallas was amongst the last surviving members of the Kirkcudbright Artists' Colony?
- Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 01:24, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Usernameunique Looks good, now everything is perfect! Also, I appreciate the quick reply, thank you! Chomik! (talk?) 01:30, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
- Awesome, thanks Chomik1129. And right back at you re the quick response. --Usernameunique (talk) 01:40, 18 April 2026 (UTC)