- 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 Yoninah (talk) 00:15, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
| DYK toolbox |
|---|
Ivan Aivazovsky
edit
A 1874 self-portrait
- ... that Ivan Aivazovsky is considered one of the finest artists to ever depict the sea?
- ALT1:... that the painter Ivan Aivazovsky threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale massacres of Armenians?
- ALT2:... that an Ivan Aivazovsky painting of Constantinople sold for $5.2 million, almost twice its estimated amount in 2012?
- Reviewed: Chen Peiqiu
Improved to Good Article status by Yerevantsi (talk). Self-nominated at 08:03, 31 March 2016 (UTC).
Promoted to GA in good time, obviously long enough. Links brought up by Copyvio check are only mirrors. Hooks come from reliable sources, AGF on the Armenian-language one. QPQ done. Personally, I favour the last two for their "Did you know" quality more than the first hook '''tAD''' (talk) 23:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
- Saving ALT1 for use on MainPage on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day? --PFHLai (talk) 05:11, 3 April 2016 (UTC)