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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 Kingsif (talk) 19:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Punic building, Żurrieq

Painting of the Punic building by Jean-Pierre Houël, 1770s
Painting of the Punic building by Jean-Pierre Houël, 1770s
  • ... that the best-preserved Punic building in Malta (pictured) has been incorporated into a priest's private garden? Source: "The most outstanding surviving structure of the Punic period is, however, the curious square building enclosed inside a private garden in Żurrieq" (Bonanno, Anthony (2005). Malta: Phoenician, Punic, and Roman. Midsea Books. p. 91. ISBN 99932-7-034-2. – book is available online here but you need a University of Malta account to access it, extract from Google Books here)

Created by Xwejnusgozo (talk). Self-nominated at 20:34, 30 March 2021 (UTC).

  • checkY Article is long enough (4056 characters), new enough (created 26 March, nominated 30 March), and article is within policy. AGF on foreign language sources
  • checkY Hook is short enough, interesting, and well cited (AGF on source that I can't access as it requires a University of Malta account)
  • checkY QPQ done
  • Overall this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Noticed I forgot to check image:
  • checkY Image is public in US & country of origin (Malta), is used in the article and looks good at low resolution
  • Still good to go- just adding this tick at the bottom, so it doesn't get missed. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:31, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
    @Xwejnusgozo and Joseph2302: the bold link looks like a bit of an easter egg to me. On clicking such a link, you'd expect to land on an article about Punic buildings in general, but in fact it's about a specific building. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
  • I like this hook and I think using it would solve the issue. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 12:01, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Amakuru, does Joseph2302's suggested hook meet with your approval? If so, can you please add a tick to the bottom of the template, so that it will move to the approved section? MeegsC (talk) 13:03, 3 May 2021 (UTC)