Talk:Maurice Mouvet
Latest comment: 2 years ago by RoySmith in topic Did you know nomination
 | A fact from Maurice Mouvet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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.
The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 20:27, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Walton and Mouvet, pictured in 1913
- ... that Florence Walton and Maurice Mouvet (pictured) became the first American dancers to appear by command of British royalty when they performed at the 1914 Kenwood House ball? Source: "Maurice and Florence Walton are the first Americans to appear by royal command to dance" from: "Queen Mary Sees N.Y. Tango Dance". New York Tribune. 12 June 1914. p. 9.
- ALT1: ... that Florence Walton and Maurice Mouvet (pictured) danced for royalty and nobility from across Europe at a ball at Kenwood House just weeks before the start of the First World War? Source: See the lists of attendees in the article, including British, Russian, German and Portuguese royalty/nobility. The ball was held on 11 June, with the war starting at the end of July
- ALT2: ... that Queen Mary asked Florence Walton and Maurice Mouvet (pictured) to dance a tango at the 1914 Kenwood House ball as she had never seen one before? Source: "the queen asked the exhibition dancers (Maurice and Florence Walton) if they would dance the tango for her, as she had never seen it" from: Rust, Frances (15 October 2013). Dance In Society Ils 85. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-134-55407-2.
- ALT3: ... that despite being rumoured to have banned the dance at court Queen Mary asked Florence Walton and Maurice Mouvet (pictured) to dance a tango for her at the 1914 Kenwood House ball? Source: "rumour had it that Queen Mary had banned the dance at court" from: Rust, Frances (15 October 2013). Dance In Society Ils 85. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-134-55407-2.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crocheron–McDowall House and Template:Did you know nominations/William of Littlington
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:10, 21 October 2022 (UTC).
I'm new to DYK, so I thought I'd try reviewing one. This seems to meet all the criteria: the article is new enough, long enough, and properly sourced (including each of the hooks). I prefer the first hook. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 14:09, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
