Talk:Payne Whitney House

Payne Whitney House has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: September 9, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Payne Whitney House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that no one knows how a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe ended up in the Payne Whitney House?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Payne Whitney House.

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Building name[edit]

Does this building have a name? — Fingers-of-Pyrex 13:42, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 21:17, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Payne Whitney House

... that the site of the Payne Whitney House (pictured) could only be purchased on the condition that the facade be made of light-colored stone? Source: Gray, Christopher (July 28, 2011). "The Sidekick in the Spotlight". The New York Times.
- ALT1:... that after Helen Hay Whitney died, her favorite room at the Payne Whitney House (pictured) was packaged into 75 crates and stored for a half-century? Source: Russell, John (March 12, 1998). "Design Notebook; 75 Crates Could Not Confine An Architect's Imagination". The New York Times.
- ALT2:... that a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe was once found at the French Embassy offices in the Payne Whitney House (pictured), though she was not known to have visited the embassy? Source: Clark, Roger (October 12, 2017). "Open House New York returns this weekend". Spectrum News NY1.
- ALT3:... that no one knows how a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe ended up in the Payne Whitney House (pictured)? Source: Same as ALT2
- ALT4:... that a sculpture attributed to Michelangelo had been displayed at the Payne Whitney House (pictured) since the 1900s, but it was not authenticated until the 1990s? Source: Russell, John (January 23, 1996). "A Michelangelo on 5th Ave.? It Seems So". The New York Times.
- ALT5:... that a sculpture in the Payne Whitney House (pictured), attributed to Michelangelo, was only identified after a professor working next door attended an exhibition in the house? Source: Same as ALT4

Reviewed: Remember Love (Yoko Ono song)

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 23:13, 2 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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: Article was recently expanded 5x, is long enough and well sourced. Earwig picked up no copyvio outside of quotes and other false positives. All of the hooks seem interesting and are cited. ~~QPQ is pending.~~ BuySomeApples (talk) 05:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BuySomeApples: Thanks for the review. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 21:56, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This one's all set then! BuySomeApples (talk) 22:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]