Talk:Esther Shephard

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 23:05, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that American folklorist Esther Shephard collected tall tales from Washington State logging camps to complete her 1924 book about ‘’Paul Bunyan’’? Source:https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv23297
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Created by Treesiati (talk). Self-nominated at 20:23, 3 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Esther Shephard, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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Overall: Nicely written! The article meets all eligibility criteria. It's good to go RV (talk) 03:09, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

• @Treesiati and RAJIVVASUDEV: I really want to promote this hook, but am having trouble finding the source that says that Esther Shephard went to the logging camps to collect tall tales. (There are sources that say that she interviewed retired lumberjacks, but not that she went to any camps; her own book just says she spoke to "loggers".) In re-reading the proposed hook, I am wondering: Was the intention to say "tall tales *of* the Washington state logging camps" rather than "from"...? And/or, is there a source we can cite to explain how she undertook her research, if in fact she actually visited logging camps? Cielquiparle (talk) 12:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

From Treesiati (talk) 15:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC): Thank you. Answers below, perhaps.

Question 1: Was the intention to say "tall tales *of* the Washington state logging camps" rather than "from"...? Rewriting the hook as “Shephard collected tall tales of Washington State logging camps to complete her 1924 book” would be fine. Or perhaps “Shephard collected tall tales from Washington State loggers to complete her 1924 book.”

Question 2: Is there a source we can cite to explain how she undertook her research? I found the information about her going to the camps from the University of Washington archives: “The tales, collected in West Coast logging camps by the Shephards, were retold in warm and witty prose by Mrs. Shephard” (Archives West). This statement by the archivists must be based on her papers in the archives, which date from her initial MA thesis (1921) and the publication of Paul Bunyan (1924). Archives West is reference [17] in the article. Treesiati (talk) 15:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@Treesiati: Thank you for the clarification. In that case, I am happy with the hook as it currently stands, but the fact stated in the hook ("collected in/from the logging camps") must appear in the article text, with the corresponding citations. Cielquiparle (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle: I've changed the reference line and attribution of the source to read According to the University of Washington Archives, the tall tales were "collected in West Coast logging camps" by Shephard and her husband. (Reference: Archives West. Thanks for the suggestions! Treesiati (talk) 15:17, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle:, Treesiati Archives West is reference [15] in the article. The source of the hook has been changed per the inline citation. Thanks RV (talk) 15:58, 9 February 2023 (UTC)