Template:Did you know nominations/Mendip Hospital

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Mendip Hospital

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The main buildings of Mendip Hospital

... that Mendip Hospital (pictured) in Somerset, England was built for 350 patients in 1848 but was becoming crowded within a few years of opening? Source1: "first patient on the 1st of March, 1848 ... Less than five years after opening, the hospital was already becoming crowded and future extension was foreseen." Source 2 (p6) "Already, by 1850, overcrowding and the need for extensions was foreseen. "

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sarah Hayes (crossword compiler)

Created by Rodw (talk). Self-nominated at 19:43, 2 March 2017 (UTC).

- not a full review - looking at the article it states "By 1860 the hospital was nearing its capacity of 350" which appears to contradict the hook. Please determine which cours of events is correct (the sources you provide appear reliable), integrate them into the article, and we can then proceed with the review. Mifter (talk) 05:53, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I have changed the text in the article from "By 1860" to "During the 1850s" as the sources are not specific about a particular year but all agree "within a few years of opening!.— Rod ^talk 08:23, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

- Thanks. The Length, Date, QPQ, and Earwigs all check out. The image is freely licensed and taken by a Wikimedian. The cites for the hook you provided check however the facts referenced in the hook do not specifically appear in the article. If we can get that handled this hook should be good to go. Mifter (talk) 20:22, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

I don't quite understand. I wasn't aware that the exact same wording needed to be in both the DYK hook and the article as long as the meaning is the same, however I have added "within a few years of opening" to the article.— Rod ^talk 22:22, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Everything checks out to me. Aporter90 (talk) 19:34, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I made a minor tweak to the hook, which should satisfy Mifter and is in line with the sources: it is true that the sources did not directly confirm the earlier wording. Drmies (talk) 18:51, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Drmies, Thank you for fixing my booboo, and with the different outlook on "overcrowding and nearing capacity", good thing I am still learning! Aporter90 (talk) 19:39, 8 March 2017 (UTC)