Template:Did you know nominations/Beechwood House, Highgate
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The result was: rejected by Zanhe (talk) 17:12, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
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Beechwood House, Highgate
[edit]- that the King of Saudi Arabia sold a house in London to the Emir of Qatar?
- Reviewed: Andrew Ross
- Comment: I'm aware its just outside the nomination period :(
Created by Gareth E. Kegg (talk). Self-nominated at 10:26, 23 March 2016 (UTC).
- This is the most interesting thing you could think of? Doesn't it have solid-gold toilets or something? EEng 22:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
- I think its quite a good hook. It illustrates the plutocratic congeniality on the rarefied peaks of the London property market. Gareth E. Kegg (talk) 11:15, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
- Except that it's exactly what you'd expect. If the King of SA sold a house to a Welsh coalminer, that would illustrate something (though I'm not immediately sure what exactly). I'd go with the "uneventful two-storeyed stucco house" description; the foxes that kept down the rats and mice, beetles and frogs; or the Roman-style bathing complex, ghastly mock-classical designs, and the super basement (or, more likely, the super-basement, which is an interesting oxymoron, when you think of it). EEng 13:11, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
This was nominated five days late, and with a not very interesting hook. If it had been a day or two late I could stretch things, but not nearly double the normal period for an experienced DYK nominator. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
