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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?
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]
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]
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... 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)
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]
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]