Template:Did you know nominations/Britain Quay
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 14:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Britain Quay
... that a protected structure on Britain Quay, once the site of a time ball signal, was demolished to make way for what is now Ireland's tallest building? Sources: 'British Islands Pilot: The coasts of Ireland', United States Hydrographic Office (1917) p.184 'Dublin Docklands - An Urban Voyage', Turtle Bunbury (2008) 'New bridge for Ringsend', Paul O'Rourke, News Four (2016)
- ALT1: ... that a protected structure on Britain Quay, once adorned with a time ball, was demolished to make way for the construction of Ireland's tallest building? Sources: 'British Islands Pilot: The coasts of Ireland', United States Hydrographic Office (1917) p.184 'Dublin Docklands - An Urban Voyage', Turtle Bunbury (2008) 'New bridge for Ringsend', Paul O'Rourke, News Four (2016) Paul O’Donoghue, The Journal (2017)
- Reviewed: Michler's Palace
- Comment: Relevant extracts from sources:
- Turtle Bunbury (2008): "the salmon pink South Hailing Station on the corner of Rogerson’s and Britain Quay (..) was built in 1907 and stood for a hundred years (..) a time ball was located on the Station so that mariners could correct their chronometers"
- Paul O'Rourke (2016): "the historical hailing station which stood at the end of Britain Quay (..) was demolished in 2007 under suspicious circumstances to clear a path for a road connection to the famous U2 tower."
- Paul O’Donoghue (2017): "At 130m it (the U2 Tower) would have been easily the tallest storied building on the island of Ireland"
5x expanded by Guliolopez (talk). Self-nominated at 14:49, 18 November 2019 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. The hook facts are cited inline, but I think it is misleading because, although the site was later developed by the construction of Capital Dock, the demolition was in 2007, several years before that. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
- Update. Thanks @Cwmhiraeth: for the note and taking the time to do the review. While I take the point (that the hook could be misinterpreted), I don't fully agree that (in itself) it is misleading. (The hailing station was demolished in 2007, to make way for the U2 Tower development. Four floors of which (3 below and 1 above ground) were completed before the project was canned and ultimately replaced by Capital Dock). I do absolutely note however that this could be better reflected in the text. So I've added an ALT1 above. Let me know if you think this is a better reflection of this (somewhat complex) flow of events. Guliolopez (talk) 01:11, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Approving ALT1. I have made some alterations to the article to clarify the position. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:39, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
