Template:Did you know nominations/Noyes Museum

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Noyes Museum

The Noyes Museum of Art

• ... that the director of the Noyes Museum of Art said it "was in a beautiful location but it was in the middle of nowhere" ...? Source: https://whyy.org/articles/noyes-museum-goes-to-college/ , "The building in Oceanville was in a beautiful location but it was in the middle of nowhere," continued Cagno. "I understand the emotional attachment, but at end of day, when the air conditioning broke in 2015 and we were pumping money without results, we had to make a business decision. I tried, but you can’t pay the bills with emotional attachment."
  • ALT1A:... that the Noyes Museum of Art collection contains more than 300 duck decoys ...? Source: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/noyes-collection-moves-to-hammonton-for-now/article_aee93055-8e7b-5d6f-8069-ee92ad6168fd.html

• Reviewed: Manal Cali
• Comment: There isn't really a whole lot of content on the decoys, alas, (the best picture's license is unclear) hence sticking it as just an alt.

Created by SnowFire (talk). Self-nominated at 07:07, 22 January 2018 (UTC).

• Neat article that is new and long enough. Fine, self-made photos, I believe the main photo can be used on the main page. A variety of reliable sources are used, didn't notice any neutrality issues, and spot checks did not reveal copyvio or close paraphrasing problems. As for the hooks, they are short enough. Personally I don't so much like relatively trivial quotes as "facts" so I would not recomment the main hook, but it may be within policy and is sources OK. I prefer ALT1, however, I didn't myself see the source say there are more than 300 duck decoys, rather that there are "some" 300, so maybe rewrite a bit?. QPQ done. Iselilja (talk) 20:55, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

• @Iselilja: I have no complaints about ALT1. Not a perfect source, but http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20160115_Noyes_Museum__an_oasis_in_South_Jersey__has_closed.html says that Noyes himself owned "thousands" of duck decoys, which sounds right, and is more than 300. The asterisk is that I believe that they actually sold / got rid of quite a lot of them (this part is unsourced), so if we wanted to be hyperspecific, it would be "collection contained thousands of duck decoys at some point in the past, and some 300 decoys were moved to Hammonton." I think/hope that "more than 300" is still accurate despite the usage of "some" in the source since it started off so large, though, since I'm not sure about if the sell-off actually happened, or they're still sitting in storage somewhere, and "some" makes it sound like "around 300" which might not be accurate. (Also, I pinged the museum directly about releasing https://www.pinterest.com/noyesmuseum/our-story/ , this picture of Noyes & the ducks, under a free license... hopefully that comes through.) Anyway, I'd prefer keeping "more than" and ALT1's original hook, but I am also okay with ALT1B that just mimics the source exactly. SnowFire (talk) 21:31, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

• • • • ALT1B:... that the Noyes Museum of Art collection contains some 300 duck decoys ...?

Ah. I did read the source about thousands of decoys, but then I thought it maybe referred to something else than ducks;). May be a problem here to use this as a hook if we do not really know how many duck decoys there are; pretty wide gap between 300 and 2-3000 and there should't ideally be question around the hook fact. Any other suggestions for hook? Iselilja (talk) 21:41, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@Iselilja: I added the image if people want to use it. It's not real clear at small resolutions, unfortunately. How about one of these?

• • • • ALT2:... that the Noyes Museum of Art collection is known for its duck decoys ...?
      • ALT3:... that the Noyes Museum of Art was located directly next to a wildlife refuge ...?

I just started wondering about the article name also: Is it Noyes Museum or Noyes Musem of Art. Maybe we need to be consistent with article/page name? (Sorry for being nitpicky, but there are other here who may be if I am not..) I'll try to look into the hooks tomorrow. Iselilja (talk) 21:52, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

(de-indent) Answer: It's both. Per

Thank you. As for hooks, they need to match both the source and article statement perfectly. "Located directly next to a wildlife refuge" is not sourced in the article, allthough we have a source that says it was surrounded by wildlife. If you rewrite article and hook slightly, it could be approved. I guess I could also approve the original hook and ALT1B and suggest myself

Sorry, for clarification, source on next to the wildlife refuge: http://noyesmuseum.org/about/ SnowFire (talk) 21:42, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

• ALT4 ...that the Noyes Museum of Art has a collection of duck decoys? Source The ducks — decoys from the collection of Fred Noyes — are among about 3,000 items from the Noyes Museum collection

• I think ALT4 isn't catchy enough, myself. Lots of museums have lots of things; why should we care? I think ALT2 suggests that it's one of the more unique/odd things the collection has and is known for, and ALT1A/1B show the unusual size of the collection, while "has a" just leaves the reader hanging. I'll let the new reviewer pick their favorite, though. SnowFire (talk) 21:42, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I am striking it then. I am sorry for making this so complicated. Hopefully someone with fresh eyes will look at this soon, and things will be sorted out nicely. Iselilja (talk) 23:36, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

• Because there's been so much back and forth now, I think it's best for me to turn the review over to a new reviewer for final approval of one or more hooks. Iselilja (talk) 21:28, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review!

• • Starting new review. Zeete (talk) 16:39, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
  • I could not find the lede "it styles itself as the only fine arts museum in southern New Jersey" in the body. Is there a reference source for this? Thanks, Zeete (talk) 16:39, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
  • New, long enough per DYK check, over 4,000 length; cited; Earwig reports violation unlikely, 9.1% (problem with "only fine arts museum in southern New Jersey"); main original hook interesting, cited, I think it is unusual for the director to describe it that way, but accurate, perhaps more detail on why it was in the middle of nowhere; ALT1 hooks not as interesting (many places have duck decoys); QPQ done; picture good. Zeete (talk) 17:10, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

@Zeete: "Why is it in the middle of nowhere" - Local philanthropy, basically. I don't have a direct source that puts 2 & 2 together, which is why I don't comment in the article, but if you look at a map, Oceanville is right next door to Smithville - like a 10 minute drive. Fred Noyes stuck the museum right near his restaurant & village, basically, even if this wasn't an "optimal" location. And I guess he just liked the lakeside spot? Doesn't need to be too fancy a reason.

• Perhaps adding the Atlantic county map to the infobox would help. Zeete (talk) 20:21, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

"only fine arts museum in Southern NJ" - I didn't go too deep into this in the body, and added the qualifying phrase "styles itself as", due to the possibility of debating the exact contours of Southern NJ, what qualifies as fine arts, etc. Anyway: "As the sole fine art museum in the region, The Noyes Museum " (source: http://noyesmuseum.org/about/ ), or for a secondary source, "“We are committed to keeping this museum alive because it is the only art museum in South Jersey,” said Cagno." (https://whyy.org/articles/noyes-museum-goes-to-college/) If you have any suggestions on non-awkward ways to talk about the claim more directly in the body, I'll take 'em. (Or I can just drop a ref off in the lede anyway.) SnowFire (talk) 20:11, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

• I'd add a ref in the lede. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 20:21, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

@Zeete: Done. Fun fact: Infobox museum doesn't support the locmapin parameter like various other infoboxes, so I just made a location map by hand instead and put it outside the infobox. SnowFire (talk) 01:23, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

• Changes look great, the map is especially useful in showing the several locations. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 12:13, 30 January 2018 (UTC)