A fact from Caroling Dusk appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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.
Please can I request for a restructuring of this article? I feel it does not flow well starting with a table with a count of submissions. The table can come lower in the article if needed. Ktin (talk) 05:06, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
SL93 can I ask for some support if you have some spare cycles? I underestimated my off-wiki schedules. Alternately, I will do my best to get to it over the weekend. Thanks in advance Ktin (talk) 02:06, 12 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Overall: Thanks. I am reasonably sure that the hooks are all cited. But, for the avoidance of doubt, please can I request you to paste the text as-is here, so that can serve as a reference. Approving based on the discussion below. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are all approved. Ktin (talk) 01:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Overall: Thanks. I am reasonably sure that the hooks are all cited. But, for the avoidance of doubt, please can I request you to paste the text as-is here, so that can serve as a reference. Approving based on the discussion below. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are all approved. Ktin (talk) 01:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Overall: Thanks. I am reasonably sure that the hooks are all cited. But, for the avoidance of doubt, please can I request you to paste the text as-is here, so that can serve as a reference. Approving based on the discussion below. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are all approved. Ktin (talk) 02:01, 15 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Overall: Edits look good. Not fully sold on the table as the best representation format for the works included. However, I am not able to think of a better representation. If you are able to, that would be great. Also, I am reasonably sure that the hooks are all cited. But, for the avoidance of doubt, please can I request you to paste the text as-is here, so that can serve as a reference. Approving based on the discussion below. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are all approved. I have no preference on which hook is selected. I will ask the nominator for their preference as well. Ktin (talk) 02:04, 15 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Eddie891 Thanks a ton for your patience. I have added my notes above. This is my first time working a multi-article nomination. So, I have created a segment for each article. Let me know if this representation format works or if I should paste this into each of the articles' talk page. I didnt find a template for each article. Also, regarding the hook's citation, I am pretty confident, but, would be great if you can paste the text as-is from the Google Books page. Will use that as a reference. Cheers. Passing the baton back to you. Ktin (talk) 02:10, 15 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Ktin, so the relevant text from [1] here is " In addition to Johnson's [The Book of American Negro Poetry] and Cullen's [Caroling Dusk] anthologies, two other major poetry collections ... appeared during the 1920s to showcase black writers... Negro Poets and Their Poems in 1923 ...[and] An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes". It's in the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, and the source goes on to say "The fact that four separate poetry collections dedicated to black poetry appeared within the span of five years attests to the importance, vitality, and continuous renewal of the poetry of the Harlem Renassaince". You can source Langston Hughes and the nine year old to several places, perhaps most easily Caroling Dusk itself. Let me know if this is satisfactory. Eddie891TalkWork00:53, 17 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Eddie891. Almost there, I am struggling a bit on the nine year old reference. I searched here and was not able to find it directly. Am I doing something wrong? Ktin (talk) 01:09, 17 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Ktin Would have required math and knowing the name of the girl (which I certainly couldn't do with the context that I provided :)) apologies! Try this p. 337: "Weeden, Lula Lowe: This Lynchburg, Virginia, girl was nine years of age at the time Countee Cullen included six of her poems in his 1927 anthology, Caroling Dusk. Eddie891TalkWork01:16, 17 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Eddie891, Super! That does it. Let me go approve the hooks. ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 are all good. Do you have a preference on which one you'd want promoted? Else, do you want to leave it to the prep-builder? Cheers. Ktin (talk) 01:41, 17 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Doing... working a background section. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:13, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
ALT0, ALT1, and ALT2 approved. Prep-builder can use their judgement on the best one to pick. Cheers. Ktin (talk) 01:54, 17 March 2021 (UTC)