Talk:R565 road (Ireland)

A fact from R565 road (Ireland) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the bridge on the R565 road to Valentia Island was opened twice?

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Did you know nomination

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 Bruxton (talk) 14:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The Maurice O'Neill Bridge (R565) to Valentia Island

... that the R565 road bridge to Valentia Island (pictured) was opened twice? Source: "VALENTIA bridge doesn't open at all these days because the operating system is rusty but, when it was newly buit, it was opened twice - on one occasion officially and on the other a little less officially." [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Bild
- Comment: If anyone can find a higher-quality image of the bridge, let's use that instead.

5x expanded by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:25, 11 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/R565 road (Ireland); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Interesting article, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and better than nothing for illustration, showing fine even in stamp size. I'd trim the caption to "Maurice O'Neill Bridge", because everything else is in the hook. I am not happy with images sandwiching text but that's no DYK business. I am surprised that nothing is said about the bridge construction (designed by whom, built when?) but it's not a ecessary part of the road article. I am open to a hook saying that the first opening was controversial, and/or the bridge named after someone executed, but the current hook is sweet, short and neutral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:07, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]