Talk:Mary Taft

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 13:46, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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the preacher, Mary Taft

• ... that Mary Taft (pictured) said, in 1799, that stopping women from "bringing souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable? Source: source is here, I have paraphrased the longer archaic quote
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cathy Whims

Created by Victuallers (talk). Self-nominated at 13:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mary Taft; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Interesting life, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and perfect to give an impression of her and her period. I don't like the other pic in the article much - too dark. I made minor changes to the the article - please check. I believe that in the sentence about her son supporting her, you can't say "their father". I am not sure if the precise wording of her 1799 saying is lead-worthy (while so much else is not mentioned there), but if it remains, it needs the ref repeated (as all quotations in leads). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

On second reading, I fixed a typo in the hook, and wonder if we should add "Methodist", or find another way of saying that it's about Christianity, - we should not link Christ from the quote. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

I forgot another question: the "Mrs" in the caption, is it part of its title. Because otherwise it should not be there. If a title it should be italic. And another: I don't think we can say "Mary Taft the preacher" as in the present image caption here, - it's not Paul the Apostle, almost part of the name. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:20, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the tick Gerda. Link to Christianity? I think "souls to Christ" includes that implicitly. "Mrs" was included cos it was (I think) the paintings title. "Mary Taft the preacher"... I changed it to "the preacher, Mary Taft". Could just say "Mary Taft" but then "preacher, Mary Taft" would have to be added to the hook to identify her role in saying the quote. None of these points are contentious with me, feel free to make changes. Roger aka Victuallers (talk) 16:31, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Will promote, I am just not sure if we should have quotes around what is not a direct quote. I see that two of the most prolific DYKers are involved in nom and approval so I am promoting it. Bruxton (talk) 13:44, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Incomplete sentence?

Hi Victuallers, and thanks for your work on this article. I'm having trouble parsing " She too little notice." Is something incomplete about this sentence? Or am I just being particularly slow today? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:07, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Just my usual slipshod quality shining through. Victuallers (talk) 13:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)