Talk:1911 New York State Capitol fire

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Did you know... that the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol destroyed over 700,000 items held by the New York State Library, creating a "hole in [New York's] cultural heritage"?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:22, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol destroyed over 700,000 items held by the New York State Library, creating a "hole in [New York's] cultural heritage"?

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:27, 7 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Eddie891, review follows: article moved to mainspace 7 September; article exceeds minimum length and is well written though a note an error with the number in: "The New York Museum also lost 8,5000 artifacts" which needs addressing (85,000 or 8,500?); article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing from the sources; hook is interesting, but I have a couple of queries:

I think it would be best piped as: "...the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol..."
You state "over 700,000 items" but the article states " that 500,000 books and 300,000 manuscripts were destroyed" so why not "800,000 items"?

A QPQ is also required - Dumelow (talk) 18:43, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll add a QPQ shortly. Sources conflict, I write that NBC reported losses of 800,000, but sources like [1] just report "over 725,000" I thought 700,000 was A) definitely correct and B) more concise... Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:38, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dumelow, QPQ'd Template:Did you know nominations/Felix Doran (slave trader), let me know what you think Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:55, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Eddie891. All good, I can see the lower number in the article now so that makes sense! Just a note that the number in the following sentence still needs attention: "The New York Museum also lost 8,5000 artifacts" - Dumelow (talk) 13:44, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh right-- I didn't get this until just now. Cut the 0. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:37, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Shouldn't this be 1911 New York State Capitol fire? It isn't the only capitol fire from 1911, as Missouri's capitol burned on February 5, 1911. Sounder Bruce 06:43, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]