Talk:Pascual and Vincent

Conflict of interest declaration

I am submitting this draft with a declared conflict of interest — I am one of the subjects of this article. I have written it in neutral encyclopedic tone using only independent third-party sources (publisher pages, press coverage, institutional records). All claims about institutional collections are verifiable directly on the publisher's website. I welcome any edits for neutrality. Thank you for reviewing.

Rewrite addressing 2 May 2026 decline

The previous version was declined as showing signs of LLM-generated writing. I have substantially rewritten the draft, focusing on:

• Removing essayistic and promotional phrasing in the lead and book sections.
• Removing literary quotations used as prose.
• Removing parallel structures between the two book sections.
• Switching to inline references (the previous block had broken on paste).
• Replacing the bullet-list of awards with prose.
• Tightening citations and updating access-dates.

I have a declared COI (I am one of the subjects, as already stated above). I am only working on the draft and not moving it to mainspace. Independent review is welcome before any acceptance. Eldelgadoariol (talk) 08:38, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

• ... that the photobook The Saxons of Transylvania by Spanish duo Pascual and Vincent is held by the Saxon State Library in Dresden?

• • Reviewed: [[]]
  • Comment: First DYK nomination. Article accepted at AfC on 18 May 2026. Hook fact verified by SLUB Dresden catalogue entry and Overlapse acquisitions list (both cited in article).

Eldelgadoariol (talk) 07:56, 18 May 2026 (UTC).

• Welcome to DYK, Eldelgadoariol! The article is new enough and long enough. You did not need to provide QPQ. I am not sure if I like the hook fact. The catalog link loads a 403 for me, so I cannot even verify it. I am worried that there isn't a great hook to be had, and I'm not in love with yours. Is it noteworthy when a museum/library holds a photobook in its collection? To me, unfamiliar with the subject, this reads as rather boring. I'd like to see a stab at something more interesting. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:23, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback. Here is an alternative hook:

• ALT1: ... that the photobook The Tree of Life is Eternally Green by Spanish duo Pascual and Vincent includes pressed flowers and leaves that the photographers collected during their travels through rural Romania?

This fact is supported by two independent sources (NEO2 Magazine and Float Magazine, refs 4 and 5 in the article). Eldelgadoariol (talk) Eldelgadoariol (talk) 08:03, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

• @Eldelgadoariol: I'm looking at this and feeling the same issue. ALT1 (gave the hook a name per our norms) is pretty boring. (Also, because it has not been said on this nom page, the nominator has a declared COI.) My growing concern is that there might not be a hook. I'd like you to try again. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 17:57, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that the photobook The Saxons of Transylvania by Spanish duo Pascual and Vincent documents a centuries-old Germanic community in Romania that lost most of its population within a single generation after 1990? Eldelgadoariol (talk) Eldelgadoariol (talk) 19:55, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie: does ALT2 meet DYKINT/other hook reqs? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:28, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: I'm really struggling with the interestingness here and don't know quite what to say. The hooks are just too long and not likely to catch the attention of readers. I'm going to give a rewording of ALT2 a try, but I also warn that the "since 1990" and emigration part from the article is not checking out in source, Eldelgadoariol. If I cannot get citations for that, then this nomination will be closed. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 14:41, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

ALT2a: ... that a photobook by Pascual and Vincent profiles a Germanic community in Romania that has lost most of its population since 1990?

ALT2b: ... that a photobook by Pascual and Vincent profiles a centuries-old Germanic community in Romania?

@Sammi Brie: Good catch, thank you. The demographic claim was indeed only hanging off the photobook reviews. I've now added an Encyclopædia Britannica reference directly to that sentence in the article; it confirms that most Transylvanian Saxons emigrated to Germany after the fall of the Ceaușescu regime, leaving roughly 20,000 (under 1% of Transylvania's population) by the early 21st century. The link is open-access and loads fine, so it should be straightforward to verify. With that sourced, ALT2a checks out. If a sharper hook helps with interestingness, I'd also propose:

ALT2c: ... that a photobook by Pascual and Vincent profiles a centuries-old Germanic community in Romania that has dwindled to under 1% of the region's population? Eldelgadoariol (talk) 17:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)