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.
Overall: This is a an interesting and well written article. It's new enough, long enough and well sourced. My main concern is that, despite the links provided for the hook, I can't see where the end date (1980s) for the pottery is clearly stated. One link leads to a piece of pottery made c. 1981; the only other clue I found from my own research was that Fulham Pottery Ltd was officially wound up in 1996, but that may not be the date it closed. Have I missed something? An alternative, and possibly more interesting hook, might be around the significance of the pottery in its early years. Bermicourt (talk) 08:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Experience strongly suggests that "significance of the pottery" hooks are not found very interesting by DYK. Quentin Bell had an exhibition in 1987 of pottery fired at the FP (in the link above, though that doesn't seem to take you to the page), presumably pretty recently, but the later history falls into the Internet Dark Age. I think there was a shop etc & my hook was meant to refer to pottery production, so the final company wind-up may not mean much. They may have hung around selling the site etc etc, as often happens. I'll add the wind-up to a note though, so thanks.
ALT1 ... that the Fulham Pottery in London (remains pictured) operated from c. 1672 for over 300 years?
@Johnbod and Bermicourt: Just a small comment – how about changing "c. 1672" in the hook to "around 1672"? I personally prefer the latter since I see it as easier to read (on Wikipedia I try to use "c." only in infoboxes). What do you think? Xwejnusgozo (talk) 15:36, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A fact from Fulham Pottery appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Fulham Pottery, founded in London in 1672, operated for over 300 years?
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This is a an interesting and well written article. It's new enough, long enough and well sourced. My main concern is that, despite the links provided for the hook, I can't see where the end date (1980s) for the pottery is clearly stated. One link leads to a piece of pottery made c. 1981; the only other clue I found from my own research was that Fulham Pottery Ltd was officially wound up in 1996, but that may not be the date it closed. Have I missed something? An alternative, and possibly more interesting hook, might be around the significance of the pottery in its early years. Bermicourt (talk) 08:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Good to go. Bermicourt (talk) 09:31, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
