Template:Did you know nominations/Southern Railway Building
- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:41, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
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Southern Railway Building
The Southern Railway Building
- ... that the trowel and gavel used at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Southern Railway Building (pictured) were the same as those used by George Washington at the U.S. Capitol?
- Source: "Southern Railroad cornerstone laid". The Washington Post. December 21, 1928. p. 20.
- ALT1: ... that the trowel and gavel used at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Southern Railway Building (pictured) were the same as those used for that purpose by George Washington at the U.S. Capitol? Source: Same as ALT0
- ALT2: ... that the trowel and gavel used at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Southern Railway Building (pictured) were the same as those used by George Washington at the U.S. Capitol's ceremony?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
- Comment: I'm too close to this and have re-read it too many times to decide which wording is best, suggestions welcome
Created by DrOrinScrivello (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:06, 3 May 2024 (UTC).
- ALT3: ... that the cornerstone laying ceremonies of the Southern Railway Building (pictured) and the U.S. Capitol used the same trowel and gavel?--Launchballer 08:43, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, Launchballer. Ideally I'd like to include Washington in the hook, but it might just make it too wordy to do so. I like your ALT though, and wouldn't object to it being used.DrOrinScrivello (talk) 13:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Article is new enough and long enough.
- There's a few phrases from National Register of Historic Places Registration Form which could be rewritten to avoid WP:CLOP issues, but I don't see anything severe enough to make a fuss over.
- Sources all appear to be WP:RS
- QPQ satisfied.
Any of ALT0, ALT1, ALT2, or ALT3 are approved, but ALT0 seems the best. I'll also suggest that "the same as" could be dropped to save a few words without changing the meaning; I'll leave it up to the promoter to decide if they want to do that. RoySmith (talk) 16:18, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
