Template:Did you know nominations/Bronx–Whitestone Bridge
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:26, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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Bronx–Whitestone Bridge
- ... that special lights on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge directed motorists to the 1939 New York World's Fair? Source: NY Times 1939
- ALT1:... that special lights were installed on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge to direct motorists to the 1939 New York World's Fair? Source: NY Times 1939
- ALT2:... that the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables, contributing to the bridge's deterioration and necessitating their removal? Source: NY Times 2005
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/George Bangs
- Comment: Will add more hooks later; ALT1 was a placeholder
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 23:57, 28 August 2019 (UTC).
substantial article on good sources, offline sourcs accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I wonder why the article name isn't the common name. How about an image here? - I can approve the hook, one a qpq has ben provided, but would prefer something else. Why mention "nearby highways", for example? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Comment: My read of the two references states that lampposts on the Whitestone Bridge were the first appearance of a specific model, later called Whitestone, whereas the lights on other highways - intended to guide drivers to the World's Fair - were amber globes. The hook and ALT1 - as written - imply that the same lampposts were on the bridge and the other roads. Not true. David notMD (talk) 01:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
- Technically the amber globes were placed on both the Whitestone Bridge lampposts and the other highway's lampposts. I've changed it anyway. epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review. I did a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 02:06, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thhank you. I like ALT2 best, as more about this bridge than the others. If found too lengthy we could still say:
- ALT2a:... that the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables?
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:34, 5 September 2019 (UTC)- I am still not sure about Whitestone Bridge, even as article title, but if not that then in the hook, because I bet that is the name people will know. Unless you want to teach the other ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:36, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
