Template:Did you know nominations/Literary Hall

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 ~ Rob^Talk 14:05, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Apologies for how long this sat in the queue after review.

Literary Hall

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Literary Hall

... that Literary Hall (pictured) in Romney, West Virginia, was built by the Romney Literary Society in 1870, and has served as a Masonic lodge and community library?

Reviewed: William G. Farrow

5x expanded by West Virginian (talk). Self-nominated at 18:57, 11 July 2015 (UTC).

Primary prose text has been expanded from approximately 2600 characters to nearly 15,000, easily exceeding the five-fold text-expansion criteria on July 11 and 12, 2015. Article text is adequately sourced, neutral in tone and substance, and is free of close paraphrasing, copyright violations and plagiarism.

The proposed hook is interesting, neutral, and supported by referenced article text. The hook consists of 136 characters. The nominator cites a QPQ review for an article already reviewed.

Given the relative obscurity of the subject, and the relative brevity of the hook, I would suggest adding the subject's location (Romney, West Virginia) to the hook in order to give it some additional context. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Dirtlawyer1, per your suggestion, I've added Romney, West Virginia to the hook. -- West Virginian (talk) 13:13, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm not requiring the addition, but I do think it's a good one. Also, do you know if the "(pictured)" parenthetical counts against the character count for the hook? That would be good to know for future reference. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:18, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

The "(pictured)" parenthetical does count toward the hook's character count. Thank you for the review and the suggestion! -- West Virginian (talk) 13:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

FYI: The word (pictured) and the three ellipses do not count toward the 200 character count, per Wikipedia:Did you know#The hook (third point under Format). Yoninah (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Yoninah is right, and I stand corrected! Thanks Yoninah! In either case, this hook meets the length requirement, so it's good to go! -- West Virginian (talk) 22:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

@Dirtlawyer1: This hook may be lingering on the vine due to our lengthy discussion following your initial approval. Would you mind confirming your assessment at the bottom with a fresh tick to avoid confusion? Thank you again for the review! -- West Virginian (talk) 17:18, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

All technical requirements for this nomination were satisfied three weeks ago, on July 14, 2015. This DYK is ready for further processing. Good to go! Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:23, 3 August 2015 (UTC)