Template:Did you know nominations/St James Street, Monmouth

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 03:41, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

St James Street, Monmouth

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• ... that the Monmouth Methodist Church (pictured) in Monmouth, Wales was set back behind the houses along St James Street by law?

• Reviewed: Sisera's mother
• Comment: MonmouthpediA; Ref for hook is #23

Created/expanded by ACP2011 (talk). Self nom at 06:24, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

• New enough, long enough (just, although the list of buildings would have taken a long time to compile, but it doesn't count towards prose), and no copyvio detected (Duplication Detector is down, though). Good effort. Schwede66 10:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you for your review. And you inadvertently answered a question that I asked almost two months ago, when I was writing an article on the sculptor Sydney March. I never received an answer. It makes no sense to me that an asterisk (bullet) typed in front of a paragraph to make it more readable instantly converts the paragraph to just a single item on a "list." Theoretically, someone could go through one of my articles, delete all the bullets, and call it an expansion. Do you have any suggestion as to a better way to format an article on a street? I have been formatting any articles on streets that I've written in the same way, to make it easier for the reader. Thank you. Anne (talk) 12:25, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey I like your point about deleting bullets and calling it an expansion! :-) (Actually there is another rule that requires text to be original so that does capture your proposal). The reason for this rule is that historically DYK has not allowed "lists". It will allow a list with a substantial header of 1500 characters. Obviously you are right that a street is best presented as a list. I think you would need to chamnge the status quo (not a quick process) to identify something that did break things into sub sections but wasnt considered a list. So I think I see your problem - but I cannot see a quick solution. soory Victuallers (talk) 15:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you. I'm working on another street in Monmouth this week and I think I'm going to try another format. It should be finished by the end of the week. If you have a chance next weekend, let me know what you think of it. Anne (talk) 23:05, 29 May 2012 (UTC)