Template:Did you know nominations/Thessaloniki Metro

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

Thessaloniki Metro

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... that the construction of the Thessaloniki Metro inadvertently started the largest archaeological excavation in the history of northern Greece, with over 300,000 individual artefacts spanning over 2,000 years of history unearthed so far? Source: from within the article itself (heavily sourced on there) - "The project triggered the largest archaeological dig in northern Greek history, covering a 20-square-kilometre (7.7 sq mi) area. [...] The discovery of a Byzantine road at Venizelou station was a major archaeological find: 75 metres (246 ft) of the marble-paved and column-lined road was unearthed, with shops, other buildings, and plumbing which one scholar called "the Byzantine Pompeii". [...] Other important discoveries included a headless statue of Aphrodite, fourth-century-AD mosaics, a golden wreath, a bath complex, urban villas, and 50,000 coins. Artefacts from the 1917 fire were also found. [...] Over 300,000 artefacts have been unearthed to date."

Improved to Good Article status by Philly boy92 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:22, 12 January 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

"Plans for a Thessaloniki metro were abandoned until the 2000s." is unsourced in the body
Hook is 236 characters. Suggest
ALT1 ...that the construction of the Thessaloniki Metro inadvertently started the largest archaeological excavation in the history of northern Greece?
ALT2... that construction of the Thessaloniki Metro inadvertently led to the largest archaeological excavation ever in northern Greece?
ALT3... that constructing the Thessaloniki Metro inadvertently started the largest archaeological excavation ever in northern Greece, with over 300,000 individual artefacts spanning over 2,000 years unearthed? (exactly 200) Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm happy with either of the 3 alternatives. The part of about the 2000s being unsourced can't be sourced because it is a negative - what is sourced is that there was an effort in 1918, abandoned, an effort in 1968 (?), abandoned, and an effort in 1988, abandoned. The next one started in 2003, and is to be completed next year. –Michail (blah) 09:23, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Philly boy92 How about the neutrality concern above? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:21, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Eddie891 I've just updated it, let me know what you think. If you think the quote on the prose further down the article is still inappropriate, how would you propose it be dealt with? On a second reading of the alternatives, I would prefer ALT3. Apologies for the mistake with length, it's my first time nominating and I was not aware of the restriction. And thanks for taking the time to review this. --Michail (blah) 17:06, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Good by me, but I cannot promote one of my own hooks. Yoninah: Thoughts? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:04, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

@Eddie891: In this case, you're not promoting your own hook; you're just extracting pieces of the overlong hook proposed by the nominator. Go for it! Yoninah (talk) 18:29, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

ALTs 1, 2, or 3 are good to go. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:03, 21 January 2019 (UTC)