Talk:Sherry Zannoth

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A fact from Sherry Zannoth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that soprano Sherry Zannoth was the assistant to the director of the Mystery Writers of America when not working as an international opera star? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2026/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sherry Zannoth.

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Request for review and feedback

Hello! I’m the original contributor to this draft article on Sherry Zannoth, an American operatic soprano with a significant performance and teaching history. I’ve included verified sources from major publications (New York Times, The Washington Post, etc.), regional opera company credits, and a detailed overview of her career and legacy.

Please feel free to provide any suggestions for improvement or flag any issues with notability or sourcing. I’d really appreciate a review from experienced editors to help move this toward publication.

Thank you! Shaynes77 (talk) 14:00, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Gerda

Thank you for the beginning! I have little but here are some brief comments, to be continued. Please make the changes, - I'll watch. I expanded Jessye Norman, among others, - perhaps see if reading other bios gives you ideas.

• The opera companies (and everything else) should be linked already in the lead (introduction), and again the first time in the body.
• We don't need to know that her school is now demolished.
• When you want to refer to a musical piece which has an article, such as Messiah, you don't have to teach the composer's first names nor link, but can just say: Handel's Messiah. (There will be a link in the piece's article, for those who want to know more about Handel at this point, but most will rather want to know about her.)
• I'd like more lead, eventually.

I'll be back. Nice to meet you! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• We usually say "role", reserving "part" for concert, like voice part. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:25, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Thank you all for expanding! I wonder why her Met broadcast is mentioned twice? The phrase "the role of" seems used too much, and I'd reserve "portrayed" for roles with an interesting character. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 30 November 2025 (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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:12, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• ... that when not working as an international opera star, soprano Sherry Zannoth was the assistant to the director of the Mystery Writers of America?

• Source: *Bell, Bill (February 26, 2001). "Singing to the Masses: Soprano Applies Her Talents Religiously". New York Daily News. p. 22.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Madeleine Tchicaya, Template:Did you know nominations/The End of the Story
• Comment: Moved to main space on 20:47, 30 November 2025

Created by 4meter4 (talk) and Shaynes77 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 127 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 22:26, 30 November 2025 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting hook, and quite a good article at the soruce once you get past the paywall. :) Euryalus (talk) 04:56, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]