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Hearst Castle

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• ... that Hearst Castle inspired Xanadu, the lavish mansion in Orson Welles's acclaimed film Citizen Kane? Source: North Carolina Museum of Art The character of Charles Foster Kane was modeled on real-life publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, and his fictional estate in the film Xanadu was based on Hearst’s “Enchanted Hill” in San Simeon, California.
  • ALT1: ... that Hearst Castle was rumored to have been described by George Bernard Shaw as "what God would have built if he had had the money"? Source: The Golden Days of San Simeon George Bernard Shaw... is rumored to have said "this is probably the way God would have done it if He had had the money"
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Improved to Good Article status by KJP1 (talk). Nominated by Festucalex (talk) at 05:06, 23 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hearst Castle; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• * My only observation on the suggested hooks is that both may generate a bit of noise. There are those who get worked up at the suggestion that Kane is modelled on Hearst, and thus whether Xanadu is modelled on San Simeon, even though it's blindingly obvious that he was and it is. There's a smaller, but still vocal, group that get agitated by the Bernard Shaw quote, maintaining either that he didn't say it, or that he said it about somewhere else, usually St Donat's Castle. An alternative, which I'd favour, would be something like the below. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 06:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

• • ALT2: ... that Hearst Castle was designed by Julia Morgan, "America's first truly independent female architect"? Source: Mark Anthony Wilson, Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty (2012), isbn 978-1-423-63654-0, oclc 966008538, Frontispiece

Does it matter if someone denies the undeniable historical fact that Kane was modelled on Hearst? Let em get worked up. 〜 Festucalex • talk 07:03, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Well, that's an approach! KJP1 (talk) 13:24, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

• Reserving this. Very nice article (but many paras look long on our new narrow pc screens, & no doubt even more on mobile). Why not a pic for DYK? First hook may be the best, but I think all are ok (agf on the quotes), though I agree some may be subject to last-minute nit-picks and undiscussed changes, which seem to be returning to fashion. GA, well-written and neutral.
• GTG, for all 3 hooks. Johnbod (talk) 18:16, 29 March 2023 (UTC)