Talk:Gwen Wakeling

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:55, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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Gwen Wakeling

• ... that Academy Award-winning costume designer Gwen Wakeling (pictured) assisted in crafting Shirley Temple's on-screen image and designed for 14 of her films?

• Source: *Jorgensen, Jay; Scoggins, Donald L. (2015). "Gwen Wakeling". Creating the Illusion: A Fashionable History of Hollywood Costume Designers. Turner Classic Movies. ISBN 978-0762456611.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Awake (organization) and Template:Did you know nominations/Hannah Nokes

5x expanded by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 140 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 22:02, 12 March 2026 (UTC).

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: Article is new enough and long enough. Hook fact is clearly supported by reference. Copyvio tool pings at 43%, but those are all film titles. Image is free, clear at 100px. Looks good to go!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:16, 12 March 2026 (UTC)