Talk:Late Visitors to Pompeii

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that Oswald Spengler can be seen in the painting Late Visitors to Pompeii? Source: The Viennese Students of Civilization, p. 1 ("The cigarsmoker has been confirmed as Oswald Spengeler in private correspondence with the painter’s widow"); Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde ("De tweede man van links - kaalhoofdig, fors postuur, avondkleding en sigaar in de hand - is herkend als Oswald Spengler, auteur van het roemruchte boek Der Untergang des Abendlandes." [The second man from the left - bald-headed, heavily built, dressed in eveningwear and cigar in hand - is recognised as Oswald Spengler, author of the renowned book Der Untergang des Abendlandes.])
  • ALT1: ... that the painting Late Visitors to Pompeii has been interpreted as a representation of Oswald Spengler's cyclical view of culture? Source: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde ("‘Late bezoekers aan Pompeï’ visualiseert een van de basisideeën van Spengler: de cyclische Werdegang van zowel de antieke als de moderne beschaving." ['Late Visitors to Pompeii' visualises one of Spengler's basic ideas: the cyclical Werdegang of both ancient and modern culture.])
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St Leonard's Place Hoard

Created by Ffranc (talk). Self-nominated at 14:50, 11 January 2022 (UTC).

• Will review Bruxton (talk) 16:43, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
• 4846 characters created January 10, 2022. I was able to check several references - some are foreign language and some are books. Regarding the hook: I prefer ATL1 however - both hooks do not really interest me. If we can come up with a more interesting hook it could be better- but I will not hold up the nomination for it. Bruxton (talk) 18:12, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
• Bruxton, do you mean you were unable to check several references? Google translate can help with digitised foreign text. Do you have any ideas about how to make the hooks more interesting, would mentioning 'Sodom' or the 'Decline of the West' help? TSventon (talk) 15:08, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
  • @TSventon: I did google translate - one of the books had frustratingly small text. Regarding a hook, it took me a while determine why Oswald Spengler is of any interest. I thought of including something about his views. But perhaps it is better as it is. The hook causes me to learn more than one thing so I say leave it. Bruxton (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
    • @Bruxton:, thanks for the clarification. On small text, I recently saw a suggestion that pressing control and + can help. TSventon (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
      • Promoter's comment to @Bruxton and TSventon: let me know if y'all get together on a more interesting hook, I'd be happy to swap out :D theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 11:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P5

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@Bruxton and Theleekycauldron:, sorry I did not get the ping. I suggest that the hook would be more interesting if it mentioned the self portrait as well. I have also done a hook for bthe Sodom story. Hope this is not too late.

• • ALT2: that Oswald Spengler and the artist can be seen in the painting Late Visitors to Pompeii?Source: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde ("De uiterst linker man is onmiskenbaar Willink zelf. ... De tweede man van links ... is herkend als Oswald Spengler" [The left-most man is unmistakably Wiilink himself. ... The second man from the left ... is recognised as Oswald Spengler])

• • ALT3: ... that the painting Late Visitors to Pompeii is thought to have inspired Ferdinand Bordewijk's story Sodom; Morality of This Century? Source: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde ("lijkt het mij meer dan waarschijnlijk dat Bordewijk Willinks ‘Late bezoekers aan Pompeï’ uit 1931 voor ogen had toen hij het plan opvatte een moderne conte moral te schrijven: ‘Sodom. Moraliteit van deze eeuw’" [it seems to me more than likely that Bordewijk had Willink's 'Late Visitors to Pompeii' from 1931 in mind when he conceived of writing a modern conte moral: 'Sodom. Morality of this century',]) TSventon (talk) 09:04, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@TSventon, Bruxton, and Theleekycauldron: this is still in prep 5, so currently can be edited by anyone, if you want to change it. If you decide on a change after it's in the queue, feel free to ping me so I can adjust. I've removed the report from WP:ERRORS as it's not an immediate issue, and there's time for everyone to discuss it here first. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:47, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Amakuru: apologies, I saw that the next DYK update was at 12.00 on 22 January and panicked. I would recommend ALT2 as the Bordewijk article does not mention the Sodom story, only De wingerdrank, the collection it appeared in. TSventon (talk) 11:04, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

OK, we'd just need someone to approve that though. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:30, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Amakuru: I'll approve ALT2; the hook's now in Q5, so could you swap it in? thanks :) cheers theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 09:03, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: OK, done. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 09:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

thank you! :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 10:00, 23 January 2022 (UTC)