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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 Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:42, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Oakley Street, Chelsea

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Oakley Street
Oakley Street

* ... that during a 1970s miners' strike, the interior of David Bowie's four storey "sexual cocoon" Chelsea house (pictured) was painted black, so he could "understand what it would be like to live in a coalmine"?

  • ALT1... that during a miners' strike in the 1970s, David Bowie painted the inside of his house in Oakley Street black, so he could understand what it would be like to live in a coalmine?

Created by Edwardx (talk), Philafrenzy (talk), and Proscribe (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 20:52, 1 April 2018 (UTC).

  • Comment only I have struck my original hook, as the ALT1 is better. Edwardx (talk) 11:14, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, striking the Alt as there are no strong sources for it, just a load of weak ones copying each other. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:03, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

ALT2... that Oscar Wilde, Robert Falcon Scott, David Bowie, and Bob Marley all lived in Oakley Street (pictured), Chelsea?

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting road. All appears good, copyvio <10%, sources all appear RS. Not sure about metro ref.19 but information is cited in biography ref 18. Checked all those people lived there. Just QPQ needed. Enjoyable read. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:38, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Note, London could be substituted for Chelsea. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:18, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Here's a different way of putting it:

ALT3... that Oscar Wilde, Robert Falcon Scott, David Bowie, and Bob Marley all lived in the same street?

Thanks for sorting and I like (ALT3) the idea of having to click on the same street to see street name. Just QPQ needed now then ok. Whispyhistory (talk) 15:17, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
QPQ now done. Will upload some new Oakley Street photos shortly. Edwardx (talk) 09:18, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
New lead pic thanks to @Edwardx: and new photos in the article gallery from the same source. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:34, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
Nearly forgot this one. Thanks Whispyhistory (talk) 11:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)