Template:Did you know nominations/Damen station (CTA Blue Line)

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 10:28, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Damen station (CTA Blue Line)

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• ... that Damen is the oldest station on the Blue Line? Source: Chicago Tribune 1895
  • ALT1: ... that Damen, despite being one of the busiest stations on the Chicago "L", lacks accessibility for the disabled? Sources: Hauser 2014, CTA ridership reports
  • ALT2: ... that Damen almost always had more than a million riders for the first quarter of the 20th century, but except for 1950 wouldn't have those figures again until 1997? Sources: CTA 1979, CTA 2006
  • ALT3: ... that Damen, not in the top 100 Chicago "L" stations by ridership in 1947, is consistently in its top 40 in recent years? Sources: CTA 1979, CTA ridership reports
  • ALT4: ... that Damen had no positive fare control as late as 1960? Source: photographs from 1960
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eurovision Song Contest 1998
  • Comment: Could probably think of more hooks but my brain is currently being dumb.

Improved to Good Article status by John M Wolfson (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 00:28, 25 January 2023 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Prefer ALT1 Hook, as gives context, is the most recent, and the most interesting Melcous (talk) 13:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)