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A fact from East Suffolk Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that East Suffolk Park, a former student hostel in Edinburgh, was once an internment camp for enemy aliens?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/East Suffolk Park, Edinburgh.

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The result was: promoted by JuniperChill talk 12:11, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that East Suffolk Park, Edinburgh, a former student hostel, was once an internment camp for enemy aliens?

Source: It is the Suffolk Road Halls of Residence or to give them their proper name, the Edinburgh Hostels for Women Students. These were used as an internment camp for “enemy aliens” at the start of the war.https://threadinburgh.scot/2023/01/06/the-thread-about-the-edinburgh-hostels-for-women-students-and-their-brief-wartime-role-as-an-internment-camp-for-german-enemy-aliens/

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Egyptian Labour Corps mutinies

Created by Iainmacintyre (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.

Papamac (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Iainmacintyre, do you know anything about the threadinburgh website? Is it a reliable source?--Llewee (talk) 17:07, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- Hi Llewee Yes, I regard it as a usually reliable source. For this article they cite contemporary accounts from two local newspapers and include an image from the National Archives. The evidence is supported by contemporary photographs. Papamac (talk) 19:40, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New enough, long enough. Article is in a decent condition. I would suggest changing "local citizens" to " local people" as the former could indicate British citizens which presumably they weren't. The quote is interested and the reliability has been discussed. QPQ done. Llewee (talk) 22:48, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

done this myself Llewee (talk) 09:43, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]