Template:Did you know nominations/Mabel Potter Daggett
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 18:59, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
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Mabel Potter Daggett
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Mabel Potter Daggett in 1911
... that in 1911 journalist Mabel Potter Daggett (pictured) wrote that practicing yoga lead to "domestic infidelity, insanity, and death"?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Garni Crater
- Comment: Thanks for taking the time to review my first DYK submission. I was reading and editing this article when this fact stood out to me as interesting and funny.
Created by Penny Richards (talk). Nominated by Fuzchia (talk) at 22:48, 4 October 2015 (UTC).
Interesting life, on good sources. I inserted (pictured) in the hook, added a link and a caption, find the image suitable and licensed. The fact is interesting and strange, but that's about it (for me), nothing which would make her notable or distinguish her from other writers. (+ when I search for yoga in the book I get too many entries, for infidelity none). I would be more interested in her being one of few journalists invited to report after world war I. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- I started this entry, and was puzzled by this comment at first; but then I looked again: The original quote (p. 399) is "marital infelicity, insanity, and death"--infelicity, not infidelity. So, that mystery is solved, and I've fixed the entry to reflect the accurate quote. Thank you for catching that! Hook should also be rewritten to reflect the correct quote.Penny Richards (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that in 1911 journalist Mabel Potter Daggett (pictured) wrote that practicing yoga lead to "marital infelicity, insanity, and death"?
- That is better, but I would still prefer a hook about her invitation as one of six. I can't write it,or we need someone else to approve, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that journalist Mabel Potter Daggett (pictured) was one of six American journalists invited to France during World War I to report on the war's effects?
- And please forgive me if I messed up the template! Fuzchia (talk) 22:00, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- In case you decide on ALT 2, I added a sentence and some details on that point to better support it.Penny Richards (talk) 01:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! I approve both, my choice would be ALT2, about her achievements, but it wouldn't be the first time that something quirky is needed and infelicity and death end up there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- Mostly I picked the infelicity and death tidbit because yoga is so popular now and opinions have changed so drastically in 100 years that I thought it was interesting, but it totally makes sense to highlight more of Daggett's own achievements than some old opinions! Fuzchia (talk) 15:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- In case you decide on ALT 2, I added a sentence and some details on that point to better support it.Penny Richards (talk) 01:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
- And please forgive me if I messed up the template! Fuzchia (talk) 22:00, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
- I started this entry, and was puzzled by this comment at first; but then I looked again: The original quote (p. 399) is "marital infelicity, insanity, and death"--infelicity, not infidelity. So, that mystery is solved, and I've fixed the entry to reflect the accurate quote. Thank you for catching that! Hook should also be rewritten to reflect the correct quote.Penny Richards (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
