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A fact from Hunter River Railway Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hunter River Railway Company.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 20:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?

Source: 'The line was extended eastwards to the present Newcastle Station and westwards to near the present Maitland Station in 1858, then continued northwards on the inland route to Queensland, being opened to Wallangarra (HEM on station) in January 1888.' https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/system/files/engineering-heritage-australia/nomination-title/Great_Northern_Railway.pdf

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Created by Willthorpe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Will Thorpe (talk) 13:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting article. Article is within policy, cited to reliable sources, and no copyright violation detected. Hook fact is verified to the cited source. However the hook statement itself is not currently explicitly stated in the article. We need the hook fact clearly presented in the article with similar language with an inline citation before this can be promoted.4meter4 (talk) 18:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

4meter4 I’ve reworded it, does this suffice? Will Thorpe (talk) 00:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Willthorpe You misunderstood what I said. I didn't need you to change the hook fact, I needed you to add as inline citation inside the article itself (along with making the text of the hook fact appear in the article's body). We can only promote hooks where the hook content is written with similar language in the article and where that information is directly followed by an inline citation. Currently the Great Northern Railway is only mentioned in the lead and without an inline citation. We need to see the content of the hook fact in the body of the article and with an inline citation. That will require you editing the article to make it compliant with DYK's requirements. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@4meter4 Oh! I’m afraid you’ve missed it! It’s in the ’Legacy’ section at the end of the article. I figure that featuring citations in the lede is usually bad practice as the content is elaborated on further down, with references there. Will Thorpe (talk) 14:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks I see it now. Looks good. Approving the hook for promotion.4meter4 (talk) 16:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map?

This article could use a map, perhaps showing the originally-planned route and the route actually constructed (if different). Unless you're familiar with the area, you're in the dark reading this. Minturn (talk) 11:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Minturn A map would be excellent. I unfortunately do not have to know-how to create one. Cheers, Will Thorpe (talk) 07:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]