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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 Cielquiparle (talk) 20:50, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

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Reigate

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Reigate Tunnel
Reigate Tunnel
  • ... that the first road tunnel in England (pictured), opened in 1823 in Reigate, Surrey, runs under the site of a medieval castle? Source: "The background story of Reigate Tunnel". The Reigate and Redhill Society. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
    Roberts, Stephen (16 June 2020). "Exploring the history of Surrey's seven castles". Great British Life. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
    Ward, Audrey (1998). Discovering Reigate Priory. Bluestream. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-1-90-186002-3.
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    • Comment: Please note that this is my third DYK nomination and that I am therefore exempt from QPQ.

Improved to Good Article status by Mertbiol (talk). Self-nominated at 06:32, 30 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Reigate; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - y The greatbritishlife source states that the tunnel "passes underneath the castle grounds" (my emphasis). The other source accessible online is silent on this. Unless the offline source specifically uses "site", I think it should be tweaked to read "runs under the grounds of a medieval castle" to accurately reflect the source. Same with the article, although I note it uses different sources. It isn't a great idea to use different sources from the article to cite the hook, that sort of isn't the point of a DYK. AGF offline source. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:17, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Great job, just the sourcing/citation issues to address. All GTG now. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:41, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

@Peacemaker67: Thanks for the comments. I have the fixed the citation issue in the Town Hall section. I deliberately gave two online sources for this nomination which were accessible to help the DYK reviewer. The Ward (1998) source does indeed say "site". (The use of "grounds" by the Great British Life source is anachronistic. Norman castles didn't have "grounds" in the sense that their later counterparts did.) Best wishes Mertbiol (talk) 09:14, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
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