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A fact from Hill Women appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting Hill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp (pictured)? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hill Women.

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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1978 postage stamp

• ... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting of poor graceful women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp? Source: [1]
  • Reviewed: Pipe Lake–Lake Lucerne

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 09:24, 27 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hill Women; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

• Starting review. Updates to follow. Ktin (talk) 17:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Overall: Firstly, nice work by the nominator. Article meets eligibility criteria. Has been created within the last 10 days. The image is a classic, and is sourced to the GOI's open digital license. Image is good to go to the mainpage. Earwig shows no issues with copyvio. I am assuming good faith on some of the offline sources used in the article. Have no reasons to suspect any of those. The hook itself is interesting. Noting a few edits that will be required below. Article can do with some edits, I will note them below as well. Once the hook is remedied, I think this is good to go. Notes follow. Ktin (talk) 18:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC) Notes:[reply]

• Hook:
  • The hook states poor graceful women. Correct me if I am wrong, but, this seems to be a subjective interpretation of the painting's title. I would recommend switching back to the painting's title or if the artist herself has referenced this painting by a different name, we can use that one.
• Article lede:
  • The second part of the lede appears a tad WP:PROSELINE and can be tightened. e.g., currently it reads In xxxx, ... In xxxx, ... etc.
  • Minor - can we also introduce what the painting is about in the lede itself?
• Article body:
  • Can the composition section be augmented with any interpretation / notes that the artist might have mentioned about the work itself? Given that Sher-Gill is a relatively modern artist, do we have any notes from interviews etc? Currently, the section ends abruptly with one of the women's lips appearing to be pouting.
  • Do we have any notes about where the painting currently resides?

@Whispyhistory: Overall, this is nice work. Handing it back to you for some tweaks. Ktin (talk) 18:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ALT1... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting of Hill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp?

Thank you @Ktin:. Adjusted hook and will check rest soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:39, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ALT1 looks good. Let me know when some of the edits are done. Will mark this hook as approved. Ktin (talk) 08:06, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ALT1a... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting Hill Women (pictured), appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp? Whispyhistory (talk) 13:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• ALT1b... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting Hill Women, appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp (pictured)?

Made a minor edit to note that the stamp is being pictured rather than the painting. Marking ALT1b as approved. Ktin (talk) 17:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note to promoting admin / editor. Given the work, I would recommend that we wait for a picture slot to promote this hook with the image, unless the nominator thinks otherwise. Ktin (talk) 17:45, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ktin:... Thank you for reviewing. Is it any better now please? Whispyhistory (talk) 17:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. Good to go. Ktin (talk) 03:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How did Amrita Sher-Gil's personal experiences and observations of poverty in Simla influence the composition and thematic elements of her painting 'Hill Women'? Gracekline (talk) 01:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]