Talk:Akbar Bhawan

A fact from Akbar Bhawan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Akbar Bhawan, which houses the South Asian University and offices of India's Ministry of External Affairs, was originally a hotel?

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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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 14:30, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Akbar Bhawan when it was still the Akbar Hotel

... that Akbar Bhawan which houses the South Asian University and offices of India's Ministry of External Affairs was originally a hotel? Source: sourced in the article
- ALT1: ... that the Akbar Bhawan's floorplan bears semblance to the Unite d'habitation? Source: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Concise_History_of_Modern_Architecture/gxyGbhlKQXQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22akbar+hotel%22+delhi&pg=PA78&printsec=frontcover
- ALT2: ... that Akbar Bhawan is one of Delhi's best examples of brutalism? Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/delhi-architecture-landmarks-history-brutalism-nehru-place-ficci-976734-2017-05-12
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fateh Muhammad Panipati
- Comment: I'd like the image to be included when nomination is promoted.

Created by Ashwin147 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:21, 1 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough. Long enough. QPQ done. NPOV observed. All paras cited. Earwig etc found no close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism. Hooks are interesting enough. I prefer ALT0, but the cited source makes no mention of the hotel having been "five-star". However, the article does later state, "The Government of India planned to redevelop the building into a five-star hotel", so one can infer it was not "five-star". I have trimmed "five-star" from the hook. Uncertain as to whether this 1965-1969 image is suitably licensed for the main page, as I am not an expert on image licensing, but this is only an issue if it becomes a picture hook, so that issue may be moot. Edwardx (talk) 21:12, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you Edwardx for the review. I'm reverting the promotion made to the prep stage because I'd like the image to be included with the hook when it is finally promoted. Perhaps someone can help us with a check on the image licensing and then do that? Ashwin147 (talk) 06:15, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The name of the article shoud be "Akbar Hotel" since that is the original. Akbar Bhawan came later and it will change again once they convert it back into a hotel. Gryffindor (talk) 13:17, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a number of categories missing which are Luxury hotels, Hotels in Delhi, and xyz establishments in Delhi. Gryffindor (talk) 13:19, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]