Talk:George T. McDonald

Why George T McDonald? All the references call him George McDonald? Victuallers (talk) 00:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Victuallers, I picked that from this disambiguation page George_MacDonald_(disambiguation). If it needs to be moved -- let me know. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 03:18, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Victuallers, Also, we have George McDonald (social worker) which links to this page. Ktin (talk) 03:22, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Ktin That is a better choice as it preserves the name he is known by. I updated the dab page but I wouldn't rename the article as it messes up the DYK nomination. I'm ready to tick this, but I am worried by the image - which we could use under fair use as its provenance at commons is dubious. Victuallers (talk) 09:09, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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 Edge3 (talk) 02:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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The Doe Fund founder George T. McDonald

• ... that philanthropist George McDonald (pictured) founded the advocacy group Doe Fund after his homeless friend "Mama Doe" died in the cold on Christmas day after she was ejected from New York's Grand Central? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/nyregion/george-mcdonald-dead.html

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Giacomo Sartori‎

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 21:15, 6 February 2021 (UTC).

• Its long enough, the subject is notable, it has sufficient refs. The photo isn't used in the DYK. The hook is hooky and referenced. I did some copy editing and it would be good to go,but the QPQ is claimed/promised but not done. Victuallers (talk) 23:49, 7 February 2021 (UTC) (I copy edited the hook - OK?)

• @Victuallers: Thanks for the copyedit on the hook. Looks good. Now that I think of it, can we add an image as well? I believe the image that is in the article should meet DYK requirements. Please advise. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 00:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

• Added picture per above note. Please have a look and let me know if you'd need any changes. Thanks much. Ktin (talk) 05:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

• Not happy with the image - it looks like a crop by someone who was not the photographer. This would get it stalled if it is questioned at commons. Rest of the stuff looks fine Victuallers (talk) 08:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks Victuallers. Fair enough. The uploader seems to have self-certified that they are the copyright holder. Also, the uploader's username might give some more information. Please have a look and let me know of your thoughts. If we need to take this outside of this page, I am happy to do so. Copying Cwmhiraeth as an FYI. Ktin (talk) 02:39, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

• I'm not intending to hold this up. The image is labelled as fine. My point is that its provenance is dubious and the image may be challenged once it is on the main page. So good to go but my stage whisper is to not put this in an image slot. The hook length is less than 200 chars if "pictured" is not included. Victuallers (talk) 08:15, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

• Recommendation is noted. The image isn't that great anyway, so I'm not placing this in the image slot. Edge3 (talk) 02:42, 6 March 2021 (UTC)