Template:Did you know nominations/Hokitika Clock Tower
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:41, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hokitika Clock Tower
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Hokitika Clock Tower in 2015
- ... that the Hokitika Clock Tower (pictured) on the South Island's West Coast combines the for New Zealand unusual aspects of war commemoration with the utility of a town clock?
Source: Stated on page 63 of the 1990 book The Sorrow and the Pride : New Zealand War Memorials written by two historians.
- Reviewed: Introduction of species to Mana Island
Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:52, 8 September 2020 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is suitably licensed, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 10 September 2020 (UTC)- Little note per at WT:DYK. Promote before 25 September into an even number prep set. VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 11:26, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Hi, I came by to promote this but the hook wording is very awkward (combines the for New Zealand
?) Could you rephrase it? Perhaps:- ALT1: ... that the Hokitika Clock Tower (pictured) on the South Island's West Coast of New Zealand serves the unusual dual purpose of a war memorial and a town clock? Yoninah (talk) 13:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
- Or:
- ALT2: ... that the Hokitika Clock Tower (pictured) on the South Island's West Coast of New Zealand is a war memorial in the form of a town clock? Yoninah (talk) 13:40, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
