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 Yoninah (talk) 21:01, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
... that the New York City gay bar Metropolitan(pictured) sits on a site formerly occupied by a colonial-era cemetery? Source: 1
ALT1:... that the New York City gay bar Metropolitan(pictured) sits on a site formerly occupied by a colonial-era cemetery and a Prohibition-era speakeasy? Source: 1
Overall: ALT0 is more concise and would work pretty well for Halloween (though it may possibly be worth noting that the bar only occupies part of the former cemetery's site, per the source). Per WP:DYK#Cited hook, I've copied the reference to the end of the sentence mentioning the hook fact. Great work on this page! This is good to go after you provide a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 22:07, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Epicgenius: Thank you for the speedy review. QPQ has been completed. Morgan695 (talk) 22:40, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Looks good to go now. epicgenius (talk) 23:03, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Morgan695: I was going to promote this to the October 31 set because, well, it's just like promoting it to any set. But based on the source, I wonder if you want to write a more obvious Halloween-themed hook. You will need to add in the fact they used to store the beer and wine in the basement, and you have:
ALT2: ... that at the Metropolitan, a gay bar that sits on a plot formerly occupied by a colonial-era cemetery, the spirits flow both upstairs and below-ground? Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
The "spirits flow" part is confusing divorced from the context of the original article. I'd prefer one of the original hooks, even if that makes it unsuitable for an Oct 31 post date. Morgan695 (talk) 20:06, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
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ALT0 is more concise and would work pretty well for Halloween (though it may possibly be worth noting that the bar only occupies part of the former cemetery's site, per the source). Per WP:DYK#Cited hook, I've copied the reference to the end of the sentence mentioning the hook fact. Great work on this page! This is good to go after you provide a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 22:07, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Looks good to go now. epicgenius (talk) 23:03, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Morgan695: I was going to promote this to the October 31 set because, well, it's just like promoting it to any set. But based on the source, I wonder if you want to write a more obvious Halloween-themed hook. You will need to add in the fact they used to store the beer and wine in the basement, and you have: