Template:Did you know nominations/Roads Improvement Association
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:44, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
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Roads Improvement Association
- ... that the Roads Improvement Association motoring organisation was founded in 1886 by two British cycling bodies? Source: Reid, Carlton (2014). Roads Were Not Built For Cars. Newcastle: Red Kite Prayer/Front Page Creations, p.131: "The roads committee of the NCU and the CTC decided to pool resources and, in October 1886, they formed the Roads Improvement Association."
Created by Paul W (talk). Self-nominated at 14:20, 25 March 2022 (UTC).
. Interesting topic, nice addition to Wikipedia. Very new. Long enough. No copyvio issues, neutral, sources cited. QPQ is done. Hook is fine, although I wonder if DYK gods might be tempted to reword "bodies" because it sounds too British or something. Does the following ALT hook lose too much?
- ALT1: ... that the Roads Improvement Association was founded in 1886 by two British cycling organisations?
- As for the article itself, some questions the article could answer: Why was the RIA needed in the first place (i.e. what was happening without it, in the early years)? What exactly (concretely) was the RIA lobbying for? (Could say a bit more beyond macadamised roads, "road improvements", etc.) Have made some suggested edits within the article also (e.g. should mention that motor cars came 10 years later as can't assume reader will know this). General comment is to go ahead and state what might seem like the obvious, as it's not obvious to everyone. Cielquiparle (talk) 14:50, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
