Template:Did you know nominations/Pocahontas School
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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:26, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
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Pocahontas School
[edit]- ... that Pocahontas School in Tennessee has been called "a rare example of an early 20th century rural school building" that is largely intact?
- ALT1:... that Pocahontas School, a Tennessee public school for white children, did not have indoor plumbing until 1957?
- Reviewed: Raphinae
5x expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nominated at 22:37, 15 August 2014 (UTC).
- Comment the rare example comment applies to a single county sized 26,000 is that significant in a country of 300 million. Secondly indoor plumbing may be inaccurate. Indoor bathrooms were added in 1957. Tap water brought into the building is an example of indoor plumbing. Plus is a 1925 constructed building still without indoor bathrooms in 1957 insignificant?...William 14:08, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- The building also lacked tap water before 1957. Water was obtained from a well located across the street. I suppose that fact could be added to the article. Where the article says indoor plumbing was added, that means there was no indoor plumbing before that. --Orlady (talk) 18:22, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
Length is short but fine and both the hook and the article are cited. I added an extra ref to give more breadth. Pity there is no image but I see there is a request for one to be made. I couldnt see any close paraphrasing based on a comparison with the main source. Its nuetral and complies with all the rules I can recall. Thanks for this. The first hook is cited and is an accurate quote. I agree that we have a few "rural school buildings" in Europe, but the quote is still there. However I think the second hook is more hooky. An alt hook might have included that Johnny Cash sang here, but its not currently in the article. Thanks again. Tick (especially for ALT1). Victuallers (talk) 17:33, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
