Template:Did you know nominations/Poole Methodist Church
- 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) 05:06, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
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Poole Methodist Church
[edit]- ... that the extension to Poole Methodist Church was nominated for the 2016 Carbuncle Cup? Source: [1], [2], [3],
- Reviewed: Sharad Kumar (athlete)
Created by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 12:31, 18 September 2016 (UTC).
Length just over the minimum; date ok. QPQ completed. Referencing broadly adequate, though the reliability of local newspapers and council tourist guides for architectural information isn't 100%. No paraphrasing problems highlighted by Earwig. Hook is concise and interesting, at least if one knows what the Carbuncle Cup is or is intrigued enough to click. It is supported by reliable references. An alternative might include a quotation from the Guardian (not currently in the article) that it resembles "a pile of site Portakabins they forgot to remove."[4] More critique here: [5] My main problem with this is that the church does not appear to be listed and, aside from the Carbuncle nomination, it is unclear how it is notable. This has led to the great majority of the article being about the recent extension, with rather little about the church's architecture or history as a church. This not only gives an unbalanced feel but also makes the article's neutrality appear questionable. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:50, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
- Added a little to the history section, and the Guardian quote. Not much of the history is online, would need offline sources, which is going to be a challenge to get. Joseph2302 20:34, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
- The 1972 edition of Pevsner (p319) doesn't have a lot, but does give the date as 1880 and the architect as "Charles Bell" (probably Charles Bell (British architect)?). He mentions a "NW turret" & "geometrical tracery". Espresso Addict (talk) 09:56, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
- Espresso Addict, Joseph2302, it's been about four weeks since the above was posted. Where does this nomination stand? BlueMoonset (talk) 23:34, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for the ping, I think the article has been improved enough to meet the DYK criteria. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
