Talk:Homecoming (photograph)

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 17:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

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(1944) Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, Homecoming

• ... that New York Daily News columnist Ed Sullivan, said, "It is one of the all-time top pictures (pictured) of the war"? Source: Ed Sullivan, New York Daily News columnist, said, "It is one of the all-time top pictures of the war."
  • ALT1: ... that Earle Bunker said he waited twenty-four hours to capture his Pulitzer Prize winning photograph (pictured)? Source: Earle Bunker has said that he waited 24 hours to take the picture
  • ALT2: ... that after Earle Bunker waited twenty-four hours to capture his Pulitzer Prize winning photograph (pictured) the flash bulb on his camera failed? Source: Bunker, wielding a 9-pound Speed Graphic camera with a large flash attachment, took a shot, but the flashlight failed. He threw the offending bulb under the train. He had to withdraw and reverse his film holder, then pull the protecting slide. He whirled, to find the poignant tableau in front of him. Bunker pressed the automatic release, which actuated the shutter in a split second, and caused the flare of the flashlight to ignite at the same split second. This timing had to be perfect, or the picture would have been a loss.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Brault

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 02:48, 29 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Homecoming (photograph); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting work done here. I am ok with using ALT1 or ALT2. The original hook sounds a bit vague and the 2 ALTS sound more interesting. I am learning towards ALT2. If we go ahead with ALT2, I think we should add "(pictured)" to the hook to make it clearer? Imcdc Contact 14:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Imcdc: Thank you for the review. I added (pictured) to the hooks. Bruxton (talk) 15:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Great. Lets go with ALT2 then for this then. - Imcdc Contact 15:36, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Dates

The Lead describes this as a "1944 photograph" which "won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Photography."

However, the body of the article indicates that the photo was taken in 1943 and won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Could this be either clarified or made consistent? 47.197.255.20 (talk) 16:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)