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A fact from Charles Knight (artist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Charles Knight's wartime painting activities led to him being mistaken for a German spy?
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... that Charles Knight's wartime painting activities led to him being mistaken for a German spy? Source: Judy Middleton (2002), The Encyclopaedia of Hove and Portslade, vol. 8, p. 53. Taken from the biography of Knight on pp. 52–53. Scan of pages available on request to Hassocks5489.
Comment: A new article created at AfC by a new editor and recently accepted thanks to some good collaborative work, with particular thanks to User:Spinster300.
Hook fact is interesting, and stated in the article. WP:AGF on the offline citation.
Earwig is unlikely, but running a little high at 30%. Some of this is a little hard to rephrase however, for example one should not change text such as the Royal Society of Painters.
I have removed the picture gallery - all the images are proposed for deletion d/t copyvio. Article is otherwise presentable and cited throughout. Easily meets GNG - Art UK alone has 10 artworks.
Full quote including preceding context: "At the outbreak of war, Knight very much wanted to enlist in the RAF but his colleagues insisted that he should stay at college, and so he served part-time in the Home Guard and Civil Defence. In the event, his staying put enabled him to embark in 1940 on the 'Recording Britain' project on behalf of the Pilgrim Trust. He executed 40 magnificent watercolours for them, some of which were painted locally. The idea was to record buildings and landscapes which might be devastated by war. However, people were apt to misinterpret his interest, and once he was mistaken for a German spy." @ResonantDistortion and Rjjiii:Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!)22:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply