Template:Did you know nominations/The Crescent, Taunton

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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 13:08, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

The Crescent, Taunton

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• ... that a fat person would have struggled to get onto The Crescent (pictured) in Taunton?

• Review: Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto

Created by Harrias (talk). Self nominated at 11:29, 3 March 2015 (UTC).

• Don't we say "differently body-shaped" in this sensitive age? EEng (talk) 07:56, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Why not "rotund"?Georgejdorner (talk) 19:37, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that the rotund would have struggled to squeeze onto The Crescent (pictured) in Taunton? EEng (talk) 19:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

• Suits me. Harrias ^talk 20:58, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Would that be an S, M, L, or XL suit? EEng (talk) 22:32, 7 March 2015 (UTC) Slight additional rewording.

• ALT2 ... that a corpulent person would have had difficulty squeezing through the footpaths to The Crescent (pictured) in Taunton? — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 04:52, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Gosh, there are a lot of choices here, aren't there? EEng (talk) 09:13, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Yeah. I'm not keen on ALT2 myself, I think when there are so many commonly known words that can be used, requiring a wl to use corpulent is silly. Harrias ^talk 14:26, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

I think it's fine and even desirable to use wording that stretches the reader's vocabulary a bit, and anyway I don't think corpulent is any more obscure than rotund. EEng (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

• Confirmed new creation, size (6,357 characters), and policy. Image OK. I prefer Alt1 (although the quote does use the word "corpulent"). Referenced but cited work is behind a pay-wall, so assuming good faith. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 13:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)