Template:Did you know nominations/14th Street–Union Square station

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) 21:07, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

14th Street–Union Square station

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• ... that the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was once called "probably the world's greatest underground traffic point"? Source: "General News: Union Square's Underground Traffic". Women's Wear. Vol. 15, no. 144. December 21, 1917. p. 36.
  • ALT1: ... that a planned staircase to the 14th Street–Union Square station was canceled because a New York City agency refused to remove one tree? Source: Fried, Joseph P. (February 3, 2000). "Untangling Knots in the Subway; Architect's Challenge Is to Make DeKalb Station Flow". The New York Times.
  • ALT1A: ... that after a planned staircase to the 14th Street–Union Square station was canceled, its architect accused New York City's parks department of refusing to remove one tree? Source: Fried, Joseph P. (February 3, 2000). "Untangling Knots in the Subway; Architect's Challenge Is to Make DeKalb Station Flow". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that Post-it notes were placed on the walls of the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station after the 2016 U.S. presidential election? Source: Rosenberg, Eli (December 17, 2016). "Sticky Notes Bearing Election Hopes and Fears Removed from Subway". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that when the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was built, the park above it was raised? Source: "New York MPS 14th Street-Union Square Subway Station (IRT; Dual System BMT)". Records of the National Park Service, 1785–2006, Series: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013–2017, Box: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, ID: 75313911. National Archives. pp. 4, 6.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WFXR
  • Comment: More hooks later

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/14th Street–Union Square station; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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: @Epicgenius: Good article. To be honest, I only really like alt1 but the others are fine I guess. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:51, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

• @Epicgenius, Onegreatjoke, and Bruxton: the hook is really hooky, but I am concerned about NPOV. The article says The MTA also canceled plans for a new subway entrance in Union Square Park because the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation refused to remove one tree to make way for the entrance, but the NYT source says that the architect said that the entrance was cancelled to save one tree, while the parks commissioner said the entrance was expensive and unsuitable and involved destroying three trees. I think that the article should give both sides and a different hook is needed. TSventon (talk) 17:04, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch @TSventon. I have fixed the article and think we should reopen the DYK nom so I can propose another hook. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

nomination reopened. TSventon (talk) 18:28, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

I think the other hooks are fine enough to approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:54, 27 August 2023 (UTC)