Talk:Medalta Potteries

A fact from Medalta Potteries appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the kilns of Medalta Potteries (pictured) were used as overnight accommodation by people travelling the country in search of work during the Great Depression?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 00:13, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Interior of Medalta Potteries kiln

... that during the Great Depression, the kilns of Medalta Potteries were used as overnight accommodation by travellers? Source: "These aren’t just historic kilns; they also did double duty as cheap accommodations during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The cooling kilns made a cozy place to sleep for people travelling across Canada looking for work. According to the museum, as many as 40 men could sleep in each of the enormous kilns, and these “guests” were welcome as long as they were gone by the time the factory was ready to start work in the morning." Worth the Road Trip: Medalta Potteries in the Medicine Hat Historic Clay District)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St. Johns, Ontario (see my DYK tracker)

Moved to mainspace by Mindmatrix (talk). Self-nominated at 17:02, 27 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Comment: added an alternate photo (the one shown in the article's infobox) of the kiln exterior. Mind matrix 17:24, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Exterior of Medalta Potteries kiln

Hi Mindmatrix, review follows; article moved to mainspace 27 November; article exceeds minimum length; article is cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing form the single online source; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and backed up by the source; both images suggested are free and a QPQ review has been carried out. No problems here - Dumelow (talk) 08:48, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Thanks for the review. Can you provide an appropriate tick mark (or other symbol; see this list). Also, do you have an image preference from those I provided? Mind matrix 12:52, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Mindmatrix I always seem to forget the icon! I prefer the interior shot but either works - Dumelow (talk) 13:07, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this. The hook makes it sound like these were used as hostels for backpackers or something. Could we write:
ALT1: ... that during the Great Depression, the kilns of Medalta Potteries were used as overnight accommodation by people travelling the country in search of work? Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: That's fine with me. Mind matrix 00:03, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Restoring tick for ALT1 per Dumelow's review. Yoninah (talk) 00:11, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]