Talk:Milena Smit

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:52, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Pedro Almodóvar said that actress Milena Smit "possesses an emotional intelligence and sincerity that cannot be learned in any school"? Source: "In the text Pedro Almodóvar wrote about Milena Smit for the September issue of Vogue Spain, he said the actor “possesses an emotional intelligence and sincerity that cannot be learned in any school.” " (Vogue)

• Reviewed: Didi Gregorius

Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 17:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC).

• It's new and long enough, so that's all fine, and the references seem fine too--but the article still needs work. I edited it a bit but it needs more copyedits--for phrasing, and for punctuation (comma splices). Also, the filmography needs some expansion; Cross the Line isn't in there, for instance. But the biggest problem I have is with the hook--a hook that's mostly a quote by someone else, that's not the greatest thing for DYK. Surely she's done some exciting things that can be turned into a hook? Drmies (talk) 18:08, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@Thriley and Drmies: Would this work as an alt? ALT1 ... that when she was called to appear in her first film, Milena Smit was working as a hotel receptionist? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:06, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

User:Narutolovehinata5, that's the kind of thing I was thinking of, yes. Drmies (talk) 14:07, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

If an active version is preferred, ALT1 could also be rewritten as ALT1a ... that Milena Smit was working as a hotel receptionist when she was called to appear in her first film? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:10, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

I would prefer it to be something a bit more related to her film work. Currently thinking of another alt. Thriley (talk) 18:32, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

• @Thriley: anything? If not, I suggest moving forward with ALT1a. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:24, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

• @Theleekycauldron:, what about “in the film Parallel Mothers Penélope Cruz teaches Milena Smit how to make a potato omelet?” Thriley (talk) 03:03, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't think that would be allowed under DYK guidelines, which require hooks about works of fiction (for example films) to have a real-world connection. Since that's technically a plot point I don't think it would meet the guideline. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

@Thriley, Drmies, and Theleekycauldron: Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:36, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

• I mean, I ain't really involved in this, I'm just trying to get y'all talking—but yes, nlh5 is correct that the hook probably wouldn't fly under dyk guidelines. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:47, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

• @Theleekycauldron: Sorry! I think ALT1 is fine. Thriley (talk) 15:43, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Thriley, please see this. More copyedits are necessary. The next sentence has an erroneous comma. And the "first film" in the hook--isn't that actually her fifth or so? Do you mean "feature film" or some such thing? Thank you, Drmies (talk) 17:20, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

What about this hook? ALT2 “That in the Pedro Almodóvar film Parallel Mothers, Milena Smit and Penélope Cruz play pregnant women who give birth on the same day?” Thriley (talk) 20:46, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Is this hook acceptable under the guidelines? Thriley (talk) 20:57, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

• @Thriley: I'll ping BlueMoonset here in case I'm wrong, but I'm going to say no, it isn't. My reasoning here is that if the hook were read as plaintext, without any bolding or linking, it would be read as pretty much only interesting as it concerns the plot. The hook should concern Smit's life; if it concerns her work as an actress, only stating her role and not anything about production doesn't make the hook out-of-universe. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:28, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

• theleekycauldron, I was taking a look at the ALT1 hook and its sources, and the second Biography sentence is basically copied from Esquire—the Google translate version, at any rate. That's a problem. Another problem is that the source doesn't actually say that she was working as a hotel receptionist when she got the call, just that it was "one of these jobs", referring back to the four in the previous sentence, none of which were hotel receptionist. The article also needs a bit of copyediting. I don't think that either of the plot-based hooks should be used, and as Drmies notes, "first film" is not accurate, since it's Cross the Line that's in the source, which appears to be her fifth film. We could only use "first feature film" if the previous four in her filmography were all short films (which would need to be clearly sourced). Perhaps an angle for the information in ALT1 would be to say she was working in whatever job it was when she was cast in Cross the Line, for which she was nominated as best new actress in the Goya Awards. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:31, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

• Here’s an article that states she was working as a receptionist two years before she was hired to work on Parallel Mothers:[1] Does it appear reliable? Thriley (talk) 05:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

• I don't see a reason to doubt the source. However, it isn't sufficient to support the "when she was called" hook claim, just that she was a hotel receptionist two years before the article was written (and possibly two years and a number of months, since you can't assume it's exactly two years). BlueMoonset (talk) 17:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

• Perhaps the hook should include all her various jobs before her Almodovar role? Thriley (talk) 01:47, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

• ALT3 “before starring in the Pedro Almodóvar film Parallel Mothers, Milena Smit worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, teleoperator, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist?” El País Thriley (talk) 01:51, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

That hook is 197 characters which puts it in discretionary territory. Given though that the hookiness here is that she did all of these non-acting jobs, I think in this case the length is justified since it hasn't reached the limit. I say ALT3 is pretty good and can be approved. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:23, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

If others find the hook too long, one possibility could be to delete the mention of Almodóvar. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:51, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: if you approve the nomination, would you mind adding the green ticky thang? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 18:22, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm not the original reviewer, so I'd like to hear from either Drmies or BlueMoonset first if they're fine with ALT3. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:59, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

• • in that case, I'd wager that it'd be helpful to ping Drmies. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:43, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
    • theleekycauldron, I'm fine with it--thanks. User:Narutolovehinata5, I wouldn't have known without the ping. Drmies (talk) 01:47, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
      • Thank you. Pinging BlueMoonset for their thoughts on ALT3. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:48, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
        • This isn't yet ready to be approved. ALT3 is too long: you need to include the initial "that ", which takes it to 203 characters, so I've struck it. Further, there is no mention of "teleoperator" in the article, and the sourcing does not properly support the other jobs: the Esquire source was placed after the hotel receptionist sentence, but does not support it (the one linked above here, to Olive Press, does); Esquire does cover the waitress, shop assistant, subway info assistant, and babysitter jobs, so I've moved the source there. (It also covers "model", and is properly cited there.) The hotel receptionist sentence, When she was called for her first movie she was working as a hotel receptionist., remains dubious; the source merely says that she had been working at that job two years earlier, as previously noted, not that she had that job when she was cast in Cross the Line, which may have been her first full-length feature film, but does not appear to have been her first movie. These things need to be cleaned up in the article before the nomination can proceed. Advantages to dropping "teleoperator" from the hook is that you don't need to add it to the article and source it, and the hook drops to 189 prose characters, which would be eligible. (Almodóvar is a name that adds interest, so better to keep it, I think.) Here's the resulting hook, assuming the article fixes are done:
          • ALT3a: ... that before starring in the Pedro Almodóvar film Parallel Mothers, Milena Smit worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist? BlueMoonset (talk) 04:11, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
            • ALT3a looks great! I removed the hotel receptionist sentence. No doubt there will be further reporting on her biography as the years go on and this detail can be clarified. Thriley (talk) 05:31, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
              • @Drmies: could you formally approve the nomination with the tick if ALT3a is good? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:20, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
• , with ALT3a. I made a few more copy edits. Thriley, this took a bit too long for my taste, and part of it was simple--the article simply wasn't ready. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 22:29, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

ALT3a to T:DYK/P6