Talk:National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History

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Did you know... that a major Asian collection was donated to the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History by Jewish benefactor Albert Bender while the museum was headed by Adolf Mahr, head of the Dublin Nazi chapter?

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Needs references. Sarah777 (talk) 01:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:52, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The viral blue wolf slippers

... that a major Asian collection was donated to the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History by Jewish benefactor Albert Bender while the museum was headed by Adolf Mahr, head of the Dublin Nazi chapter? Source: Letters from our 'No. One Nazi'". The Irish Times. 19 September 2000.
- ALT1:... that a pair of blue slippers with a wolf's head pattern, held by the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, which belonged to Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins, went viral online in 2021? Source: "Michael Collins' wolf slippers spark Twitter storm". BBC News. 27 February 2021
- ALT2:... that the exhibition The Way We Wore at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History displays Irish clothing from a span of 250 years, including work by Sybil Connolly? Source: The Way We Wore". The Costume Society

Reviewed: Carham Hall

5x expanded by Smirkybec (talk). Self-nominated at 14:26, 24 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Comment: Due to the very long article title, reviewers may require two of the hooks to be shortened, to, for example:

Hook 0a: ... that a major Asian collection was given to the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History by Jewish benefactor Albert Bender while it was led by Adolf Mahr, head of Dublin's Nazis?

Hook Alt1a: ... that wolf's head-patterned blue slippers, held by the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, which belonged to Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins, went viral in 2021?

Query on the pic. Expansion checks out. Neutral & nicely written. All hooks check out - I think the first & ALT1 are better than ALT2. The shorter versions may be required. Unfortunately, the pic file suggests the photo was taken by NMI staff, & a link is given to a page saying NMI images are released on Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 licence, which I don't think is enough for MP. Pity, as the pic is great. Earwig is up to its daily limit, so I'll have to return. Johnbod (talk) 17:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Johnbod:, can I ask what you mean by MP? What else would be required, as the photo was taken by that curator. Smirkybec (talk) 17:19, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, "main page", where licence requirements are extra-strict. The uploader seems to have made two contradictory statements as to the terms, & we have to follow the more restrictive. Johnbod (talk) 17:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it may be User:BotMultichillT on Commons causing the problem - see the history. If this is an "unofficial" photo by a curator, that might escape the museum's standard copyright terms, & be ok. Johnbod (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are a number of nice pictures of the museum itself, that image only makes sense with one hook, so it's not a do or die! And yes, it would be the curator's own image :) Thanks so much! Smirkybec (talk) 17:31, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Earwig does pick up "such as Etruscan vases, gauntlets worn by King William at the Battle of the Boyne, a life belt and oar salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Lusitania and a pocket book carried by Wolfe Tone whilst imprisoned in the Barracks" from geograph.ie. Can you muss that up a bit? Johnbod (talk) 00:52, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Of course one of the few sentences that was a hold over from the stub - mussed. Smirkybec (talk) 10:22, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GTG with all hooks - but not sure about the pic, see above. I prefer the Nazi & slipper hooks. Johnbod (talk) 14:43, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]