Talk:Heléne Alexopoulos

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 DanCherek (talk) 14:14, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Heléne Alexopoulos was one of the few New York City Ballet dancers who had children? Source: "It is, after all, a profession in which youth is at a premium, in which women, no matter how old, are still called girls, and men, boys. Out of 88 dancers, both male and female, in City Ballet, only six (three men and three women) have children. All three women--Valentina Koslova, Lourdes Lopez and Alexopoulos--are principals (the highest rank) and only Alexopoulos has more than one child." ([1])
  • ALT1:... that Heléne Alexopoulos chose to pursue a career in ballet rather than attending Harvard University, and became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet? Source: "Deferring admission to Harvard, which came with a scholarship, Alexopoulos moved to New York in 1977. Although her family disapproved, the gamble paid off. Within five months, Alexopoulos became an apprentice at City Ballet. She joined the corps the next year, was promoted to soloist in 1984 and to principal in 1989." (same link)
  • ALT2:... that Heléne Alexopoulos rejected a Harvard scholarship before she became a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet? Source: "Deferring admission to Harvard, which came with a scholarship, Alexopoulos moved to New York in 1977. Although her family disapproved, the gamble paid off. Within five months, Alexopoulos became an apprentice at City Ballet. She joined the corps the next year, was promoted to soloist in 1984 and to principal in 1989." (same link)

• Reviewed: TBD
• Comment: While none of the sources accented the second e in her first name, the list of alumni on the New York City Ballet has it so that's what I went with

Created by Corachow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:21, 3 March 2021 (UTC).

• (awaiting QPQ) Length is fine and there are more than enough refs. The first hook is fine but the second could be tighter. (I have offered Alt2 as a rephrase). The first two are both reffed. Sadly there is no image. I found no evidence of close paraphrasing. The article is new enough and I made some copy edits. Just waiting on QPQ I think. Victuallers (talk) 07:56, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

• I'm fine with ALT2, and I'll do a QPQ later. Also, I saw your edits on the article so I found the New York City Ballet official bio of her from 2002. She joined the company in 1978. Corachow (talk) 12:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

• Reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/The View from Halfway Down. Corachow (talk) 12:53, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

QPQ done. Corachow is happy with the rephrased hook and I'm happy with all of it. Thanks to Corachow. Victuallers (talk) 15:42, 4 March 2021 (UTC)