Template:Did you know nominations/Coney Island

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 Yoninah (talk) 17:48, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Coney Island

(

• Back to T:TDYK
• Article history

)

Coney Island shore

• ... that New York City's Coney Island (pictured) developed into a resort area after the construction of five railroads there in the 19th century? Source: (1) Cudahy, B.J. (2009). How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County. Fordham University Press. p. 71 (2) Cross, G.; Walton, J.K. (2005). The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 14.
  • ALT1:... that the amusement area of New York City's Coney Island (pictured) is one of a few in the United States that is not mostly owned by any one entity? Source: Judith N. DeSena; Timothy Shortell (2012). The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City. p. 153.
  • ALT2:... that New York City's Coney Island (pictured) has not been an island since the 1930s? Source: Kadinsky, Sergey (2016). Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs. Countryman Press. p. 200.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Makaiko Kheti
• Comment: Other hook suggestions welcomed

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 18:49, 7 October 2020 (UTC).

• Just a comment but ALT2 is probably the best hook out of the three proposed. ALT0 and ALT1 have rather limited appeal, ALT2 is quirky. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: AGF on offline source. I agree that ALT2 has the broadest appeal and is the most interesting. The ALT0 could work if it was explained why the railroads were built there, but it would then become too long-winded. SounderBruce 20:01, 8 October 2020 (UTC)