Talk:Micheline Legendre

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A fact from Micheline Legendre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Micheline Legendre organized Canada's first puppetry festival (pictured) in conjunction with the 1967 World Expo in Montreal?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Micheline Legendre.

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Regarding her participation on the delegation to China, evidently she became a living demo of Chinese medicine—pp 92 of Trudeau and Hebert’s book. She seems to pop up a few other places but I’m having trouble seeing the preview for those. Innisfree987 (talk) 23:40, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Trudeau/Hébert book is at the Internet Archive, although there doesn't seem to be much in-depth stuff about Legendre: Hébert, Jacques; Trudeau, Pierre (1968). Two Innocents in Red China. Translated by Owen, I. M. Toronto: Oxford University Press. OCLC 806139430.

Ah, too bad! Innisfree987 (talk) 00:45, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Ahoy AleatoryPonderings! I’m wondering what you’d think of putting this up for DYK? The entry could certainly be expanded further so I don’t want to steal the thunder if you’re thinking of taking it to GA; could save the Main Page spotlight for then. But if not, I’d love to propose it—it’s such a charming entry! As you see fit. So many balls in the air! Innisfree987 (talk) 13:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PS isn’t it just great that she went from one stringed instrument to another? I can’t believe I haven’t seen a source remark on that! Innisfree987 (talk) 13:26, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Innisfree987, Feel free to propose it—I think at this point you've done more on it than I have :) AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 14:18, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You did the heavy lifting, much easier to add than start! I’ll do this and then maybe circle back to Nathalie Delon—thank you also for all the review references, I had come up empty-handed and was so glad to be able to speak about her work. Innisfree987 (talk) 14:32, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:50, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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A puppet show at Expo 67

... that Micheline Legendre organized Canada's first puppetry festival (pictured) in conjunction with the 1967 World Expo in Montreal? Source: "organized the first international puppetry festival in Canada during Expo 67." (Canadian Museum of History)

ALT1 ... that puppeteer Micheline Legendre originally trained as a violinist and created marionette shows with by the New York Philharmonic and other orchestras? Source: "She collaborated on several musical productions, notably with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic." (World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts) and “Legendre est violoniste” (and descriptions of where and under whom she studied) (Société d’histoire d’Outremont)
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Harrison (journalist)

Created by AleatoryPonderings (talk) and Innisfree987 (talk). Nominated by Innisfree987 (talk) at 14:38, 22 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: A great profile of a unique artist. The article is long enough (4212 characters), and Earwig checks out. Joofjoof (talk) 23:07, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! As a note to promoter, if “in conjunction with” in ALT0 is too wordy, we could accurately say “as part of the 1967...” or something like it—I have found additional sources (e.g.) confirming it was in the Youth Pavilion of Expo 67, rather than an ancillary event. Innisfree987 (talk) 15:58, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Identifying photo for infobox

Greetings AleatoryPonderings! I have been thinking about an infobox image. By chance do you know anything about the copyright policy of government documents in Canada? I am wondering if the photo here could be free... otherwise my searches have come up empty-handed and I think a fair use might be in order, if the Quebec one isn’t free. Any votes on a preferred image? I think main Q would be whether to use a headshot or a pic of her with puppets. Innisfree987 (talk) 16:22, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Innisfree987, I'm not very familiar with Canadian copyright regulations, but: (1) I don't think government-produced documents are automatically in the public domain, as in the US; and (2) this image, if it was produced or copyrighted by a government agency at all, would be covered by Quebec Crown copyright, not by federal Crown copyright, so we'd have to do some Quebec legal research. Probably fair use is the best route. If there is a fair use–eligible picture of her with puppets where you can see her face clearly, that would be the best option in my view. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 17:08, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah thank you, yes the US is the only one I had heard of with such a policy but on the other hand it’s taken me years to learn even how that works, so I thought there could be more I didn’t know! Fair use it is and I agree about the ideal image. Best in that case is probably image A (closeup but somewhat underwhelming puppet IMO? plus looking off camera) or image B (much more impressive puppets but overall might not work as well as a thumbnail?) Sorry to belabor, if only they were freely licensed I’d simply upload both! Innisfree987 (talk) 17:42, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Innisfree987, I have a mild preference for image B (looking directly at camera is a big plus IMO), but it's up to you. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 18:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AleatoryPonderings, me too! And I was able to punch it up a little so her face will hopefully be clearer in the infobox. I’ll upload that one. Innisfree987 (talk) 18:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]