Template:Did you know nominations/Swift Orange Line
- 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 Bruxton talk 20:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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Swift Orange Line
- ... that stations on the Swift Orange Line have ticket vending machines and high curbs? Source: The Everett Herald
- ALT1: ... that the Swift Orange Line uses buses that have bicycle racks inside the coach? Source: The Everett Herald
- ALT2: ... that for the ribbon-cutting for a new bus line, an empty Link light rail train was parked nearby? Source: The Everett Herald
- ALT3: ... that the Swift Orange Line ends at a former landfill? Source: The Everett Herald
- Reviewed: 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina, pending second
Converted from a redirect by SounderBruce (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 235 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.SounderBruce 06:28, 26 March 2024 (UTC).
All (date, refs, size, QPQ, copyvio spotcheck, neutrality, etc.) is fine except... the hooks are so mundane that they are arguably too boring for the mainpage (WP:DYKINT). Maybe something about the "potential water contamination"? That at least can be seen as newsworthy. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
- @SounderBruce: Courtesy ping. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: Added an ALT2 hook. Can't really explain the water contamination situation in a hooky manner, but will look into it later. SounderBruce 22:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- SounderBruce, I am really sorry, but ALT2 seems also very mundane. I hate to torpedo your DYK nom for what is essentially my subjective view, but maybe we need a second opinion. I'll ask at WT:DYK if someone else finds any of the hooks here interesting and passable. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Coming here from seeing the WT:DYK message. Among the hooks proposed, only ALT3 stands out as a non-technical/non-specialist. I have to agree with Piotrus that the other proposals are not very interesting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Also here from WT:DYK notice. First three are mundane, even moreso for any transit users. ALT3 can be sufficient, maybe even spice it up swapping landfill with dump (and don't wikilink):
- ALT4 ... that the Swift Orange Line ends at a former dump?—Bagumba (talk) 09:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
There's more to say about the landfill. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- ALT5 ... that the constructors of the Swift Orange Line were fined for breaching a landfill?
I think ALT3-5 are ok. Probably ALT5 from user:Andrew Davidson is the most attention-grabbing. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- It's amusing to note that today's FA seems even duller. It's good that DYK keeps the main page lively and interesting. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
- The second qp is not done (should be submitted within seven days) so I will donate one Template:Did you know nominations/Marcelino Gutiérrez so that I can promote. Bruxton (talk) 20:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)