Talk:Captain Tilly Park

A fact from Captain Tilly Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 February 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Captain Tilly Park contains the "smallest island in the smallest natural body of water" within New York City?

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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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:09, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Captain Tilly Park contains the smallest island within the smallest natural waterbody in New York City? Source: Kadinsky, Sergey (2016). Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs. p. 136
- ALT1:... that Captain Tilly Park became "a haven for vandals and drug dealers" shortly after the completion of a renovation? Source: NY Daily News 1981
- ALT2:... that Captain Tilly Park was given to the New York City government for $1 on the condition that the land would permanently be used as a park? Source: NYC Parks

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas H. Lee (power engineer)
Comment: Hooks are quite lame because I made them up on the spot.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:57, 23 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Epicgenius: Article is new enough, long enough, and very well sourced. Passes the Earwig test, the only similarities it's picking up are the New York City Department of Parks and the name of the park itself. Hooks are decently interesting, though I recommend using ALT0. Roniius (talk) 05:46, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Goose Pond... Park?

I went to Jamaica HS for 4 years in the mid-1980s and siblings who went before and after, comprising about 8 years of history. None of us have ever heard anyone call this park anything but Goose Pond Park. A Google search will make it clear that it was (is?) widely known by this name. I'm not denying that the official name has been Captain Tilly Park for over a century, but I would gather many people looking for information regarding this park would have no idea it ever call that. It might be worth having such a reference in the page. Jyg (talk) 03:41, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]