Template:Did you know nominations/West House (Chelsea)

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 16:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

West House (Chelsea) edit

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... that West House Chelsea, (pictured) was the London home of Withnail's (Richard E. Grant) flamboyantly gay Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) in the 1987 cult film Withnail and I?

Reviewed: Udny Mort House

Created by Edwardx (talk), Gareth E Kegg (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 20:33, 4 December 2013 (UTC).

There are statements in the article which do not appear in the sources. For instance starting with the hook, the term flamboyantly gay is not in the reference, which only lists the name of the character. Another unattributed description is: who was best known in his own lifetime for portraiture, although today generally better appreciated as a painter in the Scottish Realist tradition and there may well be more. If these descriptions are removed the article may fall below the 1500 character DYK limit. It currently stands at 1581 characters. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 04:49, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I've added a BBC reference for "flamboyantly gay", and reworded the James Guthrie stuff, based on his ODNB entry. The previous wording was based on his WP entry. Edwardx (talk) 09:21, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

New review needed, now that the initial issues noted have been addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

I found the following instances of close paraphrasing (the bold part indicates an area of matching/close paraphrasing of the article text with the reference text):
"and were expected to realise about £200,000.[8]" versus is expected to realize in the region of £200,000.
Pinault proposed the “reinstatement of original features such as the main staircase”, versus "proposes the “reinstatement of original features such as the main staircase”
new windows added to West Place's large studio. versus and new windows will be fitted to the vast studio.
Additional plans include the redesign the kitchen and bathrooms and bedrooms.[3] versus and plans to redesign the bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms,
also I cannot find a reference for "1970" in:
The designer and academic Professor Bernard Nevill bought the house in 1970. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 11:28, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

I believe that I have now addressed all of the above issues. However, I would contend that most of the phrasing cited is rather too short to constitute "close paraphrasing". Also, "reinstatement of original features..." is a direct quote inside quoation marks, so "close paraphrasing" would be an inappropriate criticism. "1970" now referenced. Edwardx (talk) 17:59, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Please see my comment above: The close paraphrasing was indicated in bold and I did not bold the sentence in quotes: "reinstatement of original features...", indicating that it was not part of the close paraphrasing. I just added it to indicate the section where the problem occurred. Also some of the closely paraphrased segments may be short, but if they occur numerous times they still should be corrected, at least imo. I also changed redesigned to remodeled. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:54, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
Good to go. Picture is free from Commons. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 18:54, 5 January 2014 (UTC)