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Statue of Winston Churchill (Washington, D.C.) has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: March 2, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Possible sources APK hi :-) (talk) 09:14, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Winston Churchill, (sculpture), Smithsonian Institution Research Information System

Ambassador's residence: the Churchill statue, British Embassy Washington

Winston Churchill, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Goode, James M., The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pp 307

Churchill Hailed on 89th Birthday, The New York Times, December 1, 1963, pp 1

Churchill Statue Stolen at Party, Beale, Betty, The Evening Star, December 8, 1963, pp C-3

Churchill Statue for Embassy, Corpus Christi Caller Times, March 15, 1964, pp 52

Vote on Churchill Statue Favors Including His Cigar, The New York Times, January 19, 1965, pp 3

Statue of Churchill Dedicated in Capital, Cumberland Times-News, April 10, 1966, pp 2

Capital Unveils Churchill Statue, on Soil of 2 Lands, Morris, John D., The New York Times, April 10, 1966, pp 1

William M. McVey, Sculptor, 89, The New York Times, June 4, 1995, pp 1-48

Monuments Are a Risky Business: Limitations of Statues, The New York Times, May 4, 1997,

Kay Halle, Washington Grande Dame, Dies at 93, Smith, J Y, The Washington Post, August 12, 1997 pp B-4

Mandela Statue Unveiled in Washington, VOA News, September 21, 2013

D.C. artist floats pro-Ukraine message above local statues, Kelly, John, The Washington Post, April 4, 2023, pp B3

GA Review edit

Latest comment: 2 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion

Passed. Bruxton (talk) 15:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Statue of Winston Churchill (Washington, D.C.)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Bruxton (talk · contribs) 22:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy to review this one. Bruxton (talk) 22:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Thanks! APK hi :-) (talk) 05:50, 2 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Questions edit

? Maybe we should have a WP:HAT, or a see also with these?

Done

? "and his other foot" should probably just be "the other foot"

Done

? "Special Relationship between the U.S. and U.K" U.K. needs a determiner, suggest "the"

Done

? "There were eight sculptors who submitted designs" should probably be "eight sculptors submitted designs"

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? "Cleveland Institute of Art in order to teach" should reduce "in order to" to just "to"

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? "Before Churchill had died in 1965" should remove the word "had"

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? for 9-feet (2.7 m) tall, resting on a granite pedestal that is 1.5-feet (0.5 m) tall. Please use conversion templates like 9 ft (2.7 m) and 1.5 ft (0.46 m)

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? "created a 5-inch (12.7 cm) soft clay model for his design" use a conversion template 5 in (13 cm)

Done

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