Template:Did you know nominations/Moscow State Jewish Theatre

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Moscow State Jewish Theatre

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  • ... that unlike many theatre companies, the Moscow State Jewish Theatre preferred to train their own performers rather than hiring actors and dancers who were already considered professionals? Source: Posner, D. N. (2015). Moscow State yiddish (Jewish) theatre (GOSET). In S. Williams, The Cambridge encyclopedia of stage actors and acting. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

5x expanded by Jrichers (talk). Self-nominated at 09:10, 23 February 2019 (UTC).

  •  Doing... starting review for nomination. Flibirigit (talk) 01:50, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Character count was expanded from 2083 on February 17, to 8893 on February 24, which is not quite a 5x expansion. I hope this can be expanded about another 1600 words. There are some good photos available which are properly licensed, and it would be great to have another hook to be proposed using them. I will happy to continue and resume the review when the article has met the expansion requirements. Flibirigit (talk) 02:08, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

  • Flibirigit, according to DYKcheck, the article does have a 5x expansion from February 17 to now. It shows 8898 prose characters now, but the before count should start at the article version immediately prior to the expansion's beginning on February 17, whenever that was. In this case, the previous edit was September 22, 2018, and the prose character count was 1661, requiring an expansion to 8305, something this article easily accomplishes. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:32, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

I have reworded ALT0 into ALT2. Flibirigit (talk) 14:48, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

  • ALT2: ... that the Moscow State Jewish Theatre preferred to train its own performers, rather than hiring professional actors and dancers?
I am accepting the changes on February 17, and the recent additions by Yoninah to qualify as the 5x expansion. I will continue with the review now. Flibirigit (talk) 14:50, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Article is new enough, long enough, and written in neutral tone. I detected no plagiarism issues, and citations are adequate. The hooks ALT1 and ALT2 are interesting, mentioned inline, and accepted by AGF due to sources behind a paywall. There are no issues with photos, and a QPQ is not required. My only question is with the final sentence in the fourth paragraph of the "Style and practices". It reads: "Soon after the theatre's founding, GOSET had attracted Solomon Mikhoels, who eventually became the leading actor and, after Granowsky defected to the West, artistic director." I'm not sure what the artistic director at the end of the sentence refers to. Flibirigit (talk) 14:57, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
I figured out the sentence in question. Accepting ALT1 and ALT2 by AGF. Flibirigit (talk) 15:02, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
  • @Flibirigit: grammatically, that last sentence works fine. "Artistic director" refers to Mikhoels. Yoninah (talk) 15:43, 20 March 2019 (UTC)