Template:Did you know nominations/Killenworth
- 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 03:49, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Killenworth
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Killenworth in 1915
- ... that the tax-exempt status of the Russian diplomatic retreat at Killenworth angered the city of Glen Cove, New York, which first tried to foreclose on it and then denied its residents beach permits?
- Source: "In 1970, Andrew J. DiPaola, who was then Mayor, threatened to foreclose on Killenworth for nonpayment of taxes. But the Justice Department obtained a restraining order in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, forcing the city to halt its tax proceedings... The council voted 6 to 1 in support of the proposal, barring the Russians from obtaining free beach parking stickers, $15 seasonal tennis court passes and $50 golf course permits." [1]
Created by Antony-22 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:01, 30 December 2016 (UTC).
New enough when nominated, long enough, and written in a neutral manner. Earwig flagged this link [2] which contains identical paragraphs, it's dated at roughly the same time as the edits to the article. Can you confirm you didn't copy it from there? It's very likely that that website is the one who copied its content from Wikipedia. I verified QPQ was done. Hook is interesting, found in the article and well-sourced, but I feel it's too verbose, and contain too much information. Could you come up with a shorter hook? Also, the image is free and shows up reasonably well in thumbnail size. HaEr48 (talk) 00:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC) (minor update: 19:39, 7 January 2017 (UTC))
- They copied it from the Wikipedia article, and didn't even attribute it. Jerks! :-p How about the following hook? Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 03:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that the city of Glen Cove, New York once tried to foreclose on the Russian diplomatic retreat at Killenworth, and later denied its residents beach permits?
