Template:Did you know nominations/Coventry ring road

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 12:56, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Coventry ring road

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Coventry ring road

• ... that with some weaving sections of just 91 metres (300 ft), Coventry ring road, was the first grade-separated road in the world built at such a small scale? Source: Redknap, Brian (2004). Engineering the development of Coventry. pp 37–38

  ALT0a: ... that with weaving sections between junctions of just 90 metres (300 ft) in places, Coventry ring road, was the first grade-separated road in the world built at such a small scale?

  • ALT1:... that Coventry ring road has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric? Source: [1]
  • ALT2:... that Coventry ring road, the first grade-separated road in the world built at such a small scale, has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/S.T.H.
• Comment: Two hooks that seem interesting from the article, plus a third which combines the two. Happy to consider other variants or options as well.

5x expanded by Amakuru (talk). Self-nominated at 11:18, 31 August 2020 (UTC).

• @Amakuru: This article looks great, especially after the expansion. I just had a few comments:

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: Not a problem per se, but for the original hook, I would also clarify that 91 meters is the weaving distance between interchanges. It was a bit hard for me to understand that hook. epicgenius (talk) 16:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: thanks for the review and your kind words. I have tweaked the wording a bit, in ALT0a, to make it a bit clearer what's being talked about. I've also adjusted the significant figures down to make it 90m rather than 91. The original figure from the source was in feet, but the article is using metric otherwise. If you have any better suggestions, then please do let me know. The QPQ is also now done. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Amakuru: Thanks for the response. I don't really have a better suggestion than ALT0a at the moment. I'm assuming your QPQ review is Template:Did you know nominations/S.T.H., so I think the nomination is good to go. epicgenius (talk) 22:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it is Template:Did you know nominations/S.T.H.. Sorry, I thought I had added that to the template. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 22:44, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

• @Epicgenius: could you review ALT1 and ALT2? I think ALT1 works better than the "weaving" hooks. Yoninah (talk) 23:15, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

• Confirming that all hooks are fine, and that I just had that particular comment about the original hook. epicgenius (talk) 00:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)