A fact from Aerodynamic Forms in Space appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when creating Aerodynamic Forms in Space in 2010, Rodney Graham was inspired by photographs of misassembled toy model gliders he took in 1977?
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The following 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.
... that one reporter described Aerodynamic Forms in Space as "a model airplane sent through a malfunctioning transporter from Star Trek"? Source: "Graham has created a sculpture that resembles a model airplane sent through a malfunctioning transporter from Star Trek." [1]
ALT1: ... that when creating Aerodynamic Forms in Space in 2010, Rodney Graham was inspired by photographs of misassembled toy model gliders he took in 1977? Source: "It arose, instead, from a work created in 1977, in the earliest years of his career. "I made a series of photographs of little sculptures made out of glider parts, assembled in different ways." [2]
Overall: @Z1720: Nice job! No issues with ALT0, which is the one I prefer. (Though should Star Trek be italicized?) For ALT1, the hook says "misassembled" while the article says "reassembled". Those convey slightly different things to me – I can see how either could work based on the source, but I would suggest making the hook and article consistent. DanCherek (talk) 15:11, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@DanCherek: I have italicized Star Trek. I changed reassembled as the sources mention him putting the gliders together incorrectly, but not disassembling them first; misassembled is probably more accurate. Z1720 (talk) 15:29, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Looks ready to me! Both hooks are good to go. Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 15:38, 3 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Z1720: Nice job! No issues with ALT0, which is the one I prefer. (Though should Star Trek be italicized?) For ALT1, the hook says "misassembled" while the article says "reassembled". Those convey slightly different things to me – I can see how either could work based on the source, but I would suggest making the hook and article consistent. DanCherek (talk) 15:11, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
