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Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic

Archived nomination

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk)

• ... that Canadian artist Jana Sterbak's controversial "Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic" (1987) included a dress made of meat, easily pre-dating Lady Gaga's 2010 meat dress?

• Reviewed: Miracle Man (The X-Files) ([1])

Created by Zanimum (talk). Self nom at 22:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:

Hook

• Length, format, content rules – size ok (181)
• Source –
• Interest – I have suggested a more succinct ALT. Original is okay too.Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image suitability, if applicable –
• ALT hooks, if proposed –

... that Jana Sterbak created a dress made of meat, 23 years before Lady Gaga wore one?

The alt seems to get the the meat of the situation, in a much hookier fashion. (Puns intended) Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:20, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Sure, with the very slight additions I made. -- Zanimum (talk) 13:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Article

• Length – --Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
• Vintage – --Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
• Sourcing (V, RS, BLP) – Bare URLs are generally not for the main page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
• Neutrality – Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
• Plagiarism/close paraphrasing – Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
• copyvio (files) – FUR available. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
• Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting – Looks okay. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Needs a copyedit and some microparagraphs should be merged. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Comments/discussion:

• The hook is not sourced at all.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
  • It's now sourced, now that I see this issue. -- Zanimum (talk) 17:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
    • Is source num 17 some kind of blog?--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)