Talk:The Dorilton/Archive 1

Archive 1

Name of the building

See Talk:The Dakota#Requested move for a discussion about using "the" in the name of an article about an apartment building in NYC's Category:Central Park West Historic District.

See also Talk:The Dakota#Request for comment which has a slightly different focus. --Enkyo2 (talk) 19:10, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

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 Lightburst (talk) 20:55, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

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The Dorilton

• ... that after the Dorilton's renovators could not afford to restore its cornices, they painted optical illusions instead? Source: Gray, Christopher (September 30, 1990). "Streetscapes: The Dorilton; A Blowzy 1902 Broadway Belle". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that the name of the Dorilton apartment building was intended to reassure residents of their decision to move to an apartment? Source: Kaufman, Joanne (December 23, 2011). "Using a Building's Name as Bait for Buyers". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that the elaborate design of the Dorilton apartment building was supposed to attract middle- and upper class residents who would have lived in townhouses? Source: "Houses of the rich and famous - New York, New York: How the". The New Republic. Vol. 209, no. 15. October 11, 1993. p. 51.
  • ALT3: ... that an architectural critic wrote that the roof of the Dorilton was "treated with extreme cruelty" because it was oversized? Source: "New York City-Greater New York: - The Dorilton; an Architectural Aberration" (PDF). Architectural Record. Vol. 12. June 1902. p. 225.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Norfolk and Western 611
  • Comment: Credit for the wording of the first hook goes to Tamzin, who suggested the hook off-wiki.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:30, 23 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Dorilton; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article was 5x expanded in the last 7 days (1231b to 18kb). Article is neutrally written and adequately cited. Only pings on Earwigs are for some properly attributed quotes. Hooks are short enough, interesting, cited (AGF on offline source in ALT2), and neutral. I think ALT0 is the strongest. Image is properly licensed and reproduces at a small size. Ping me when you've done your QPQ and I'll pass this. Morgan695 (talk) 15:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
  • @Morgan695: Thanks for the review and sorry for the delay. I've now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 18:49, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
    • Morgan695 (talk) 18:51, 29 May 2023 (UTC)