Talk:Annie Stainer

Did you know nomination

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:03, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that during her solo shows, Annie Stainer "would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings"?

• Source: "At childhood ballet classes, Annie had been reprimanded for her “broken arms” – this physical attribute would later become a feature of her celebrated solo shows. She would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings. This skill for physical shapeshifting was strengthened by her studies in dance in 1968 at the London School of Contemporary Dance and in mime with Etienne Decroux in Paris (1970-71), and complemented by an innate talent for storytelling, which helped establish her as a spellbinding performer" The Guardian

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pany Yathotou
  • Comment: Alt hooks welcome.

5x expanded by Thriley (talk), Victuallers (talk), and Altenmann (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 205 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 21:54, 23 January 2026 (UTC).

• QPQ=Pany Yathotou
• The article is long enough and was expanded 8 days before the nomination. We can probably accept that as a sufficiently recent expansion. It looks good and seems to cover the subject's career well enough. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. QPQ is done. I believe the hook would be much more interesting if, instead of quoting the Guardian journalist, it explained how her "broken arms" or ability to undulate her arms became her signature move or something like that. Surtsicna (talk) 09:30, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Surtsicna: Thanks for the review so far. If you want to add an alt hook then that's fine. I avoided "broken arms" as I felt that someone would want to argue that her arms were not broken. Are you insisting that we create this alt hook? Victuallers (talk) 09:25, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I am not insisting on "broken arms", Victuallers. Something about the ability to undulate her arms becoming her signature move should do just fine. Surtsicna (talk) 19:21, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

I have one or two more hooks in mind. Will add them soon. Thriley (talk) 19:47, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Looking forward @Thriley: Victuallers (talk) 20:36, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

• Following up here and pinging Thriley, Victuallers, and Altenmann. I would love to help you all get this promoted, but need 3 additional hooks for me to finish the review. Otherwise we may unfortunately have to close this one out. Ping me when you all have some and I'll review this!

Review As of right now the article is stable, has strong sourcing, image is licensed properly, did several source spot checks and got good results, no obvious copyright violations (Earwig pulls 27.5% but I checked the matches and they were quotes and/or names of places or organizations). Just need to check hooks. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 21:46, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. I've proposed a hook. If you have alt ideas then they are most welcome. Maybe someone will review it without setting tasks or maybe someone may want to create three hooks for you... is this a new requirement or is it a new idea? Pity as it looks like a good contribution. Victuallers (talk) 23:55, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

If we want to accept a hook with a very long/descriptive quote describing someone through metaphors, I'm all for it. I do think the hook is lovely but I'm concerned with it being a quote. I didn't find anyting about it in WP:DYKG so this should be good. The rest of the review checks out. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 00:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate it. I think the quote meets the interestingness threshold. Thriley (talk) 03:11, 9 March 2026 (UTC)