Template:Did you know nominations/Leverhulme Memorial
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The result was: promoted by Ohc ¡digame! 15:44, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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Leverhulme Memorial
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- ... that Nikolaus Pevsner called the Leverhulme Memorial (pictured) in Port Sunlight, Merseyside, superfluous?
- Reviewed: Joseph Roby
Created by Peter I. Vardy (talk). Self nominated at 14:50, 24 January 2014 (UTC).
- * (alt1) ... that the Leverhulme Memorial (pictured) in Merseyside was "superfluous" because "if you seek his monument, look around you"?
- Alt offered - same idea, just different phrasing Victuallers (talk) 16:37, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
- I see what you're going for Vic, but that's an in-joke that is unlikely to mean anything outside the UK, at least without digging (it required google-fu to understand it). So perhaps… Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:20, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
- * (alt2) ... that the Leverhulme Memorial (pictured) in Merseyside was deemed "superfluous" because Leverhulme built the town of Port Sunlight it stands in?
- That seems ideal MM Victuallers (talk) 16:17, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- If we're going for a longer hook, let's be accurate(!), and maybe improve the grammar. Suggest amend alt2 to:
- * (alt3) ... that the Leverhulme Memorial (pictured) in Merseyside was deemed "superfluous" because Leverhulme built the model village of Port Sunlight in which it stands?
- --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:36, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:06, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
