- The following discussion 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 SL93 (talk) 13:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
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Marion Talley
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- ... that at the time of her much-heralded 1926 debut, 19-year-old Marion Talley (pictured) was the youngest prima donna to perform at the Metropolitan Opera?
Created/expanded by Gamaliel (talk). Self nominated at 21:11, 23 July 2013 (UTC).
- Reviewed: Black Twitter
- Would you consider the following wording instead? ALT1: ... that when nineteen-year-old Marion Talley (pictured) made a much-heralded debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1926, she was the youngest prima donna to have performed there? (It tells us "where" before we get the "there", and identifies the person before we get the pronoun "her".) Otherwise, it seems good to go, and the image is appropriately licensed. Cynwolfe (talk) 00:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
- I prefer my wording, but I have no particularly strong feelings either way and would be fine with either version. Thanks. Gamaliel (talk) 17:26, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Okey-doke. Will just excise the "there", which is strongly implied by the context, and make copyedits per MOS:HYPHEN and WP:NUMERAL on expressing ages. It was an interesting and enjoyable article to read. You should base a screenplay on it. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:37, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
