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A fact from Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 December 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber catenary arched roof?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber catenary roof?~~ Source: Architect Magazine

Reviewed: Rhagoletis juglandis
Comment: Open to rewording, can't think of an alternative hook at this time.

Created by ~riley (talk). Self-nominated at 08:50, 12 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Everything looks good to me. --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 19:04, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@TheSandDoctor: you should provide a review that explicitly confirms that the five main DYK criteria have been met. An optional Reviewer's Template is located above the edit window. Yoninah (talk) 23:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go TheSandDoctor ^Talk 01:03, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, TheSandDoctor. I'm just wondering if the language in the hook is so obscure as to be passed over by readers. Perhaps more explanatory words could be used instead of caternary? Yoninah (talk) 13:19, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Unfortunately, alysoid, chainette or funicular would not be more explanatory... How about... "world's longest spanning timber arch-shaped roof?" It is indeed arch-shaped, that is no false statement, and what allows it to be arch-shaped is the catenary design. Thoughts? ~riley (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@~riley: Or:
ALT1: ... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber arched roof? Yoninah (talk) 20:00, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea reversing the order, appreciate the fresh eyes on this one. @TheSandDoctor: Thoughts on ALT1? ~riley (talk) 20:08, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Here's another idea from information I just added from the source:
ALT2: ~~... that the roof of the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre features an "undulating" pattern created from 88-foot (27 m) lengths of steel cables interspersed with Douglas fir?~~ Yoninah (talk) 20:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 sounds too technical, worry it would be passed over for that reason. Good addition to the article, thank you. Opting at this time for ALT1 due to shortness and simplicity (relative). ~riley (talk) 22:01, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]