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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 08:16, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Uzunköprü Bridge

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The Uzunköprü Bridge in 2008

• ... that the Uzunköprü Bridge (pictured) is claimed to be the world's longest stone bridge? Source: Dünyanın en uzun taş köprüsü tarihi 'Uzunköprü' ilgi bekliyor, Habertürk
  • ALT1: ... that the Uzunköprü Bridge (pictured) was built with stone, after preceding wooden bridges were destroyed by enemies? Source: Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene), p.28, Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Çalışmaları Dergisi
    • ALT1b: ... that the Uzunköprü Bridge (pictured) was built with stone, after preceding wooden bridges were repeatedly destroyed by floods? Source: Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene), p.28, Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Çalışmaları Dergisi
  • ALT2: ... that the Uzunköprü Bridge (pictured) was the longest bridge in the Ottoman Empire and later Turkey for 530 years until 1973, when it was surpassed by the Bosphorus Bridge? Source: Köprüler yaptırdım..., Türkiye
  • Reviewed: L'Œuf électrique
  • Comment: 3,799 to 19,890 bytes gives an expansion of 5.23x. The source for ALT2 was published online in 2000, so that's why at first glance it might look sketchy, but Türkiye is a reliable source. No strong preference on which hook should end up on the main page.

5x expanded by Styyx (talk). Self-nominated at 12:53, 1 June 2022 (UTC).

• Article as 5x expanded in the last 7 days. Article is well-written and cited. QPQ has been completed. Earwigs pings within acceptable limits, but I would recommend rephrasing When it was first completed, the structure was the longest bridge in the Ottoman Empire and later Turkey, a title which it held for 530 years until 1973, when it was surpassed by the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, as it directly lifted from the source. Hooks are cited, interesting, and short enough for DYK, though "by enemies" in ALT1 seems vague; AGF on non-English sources. Morgan695 (talk) 15:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

That sentence was added (without a source) back in 2017 to the article, I simply found a source for it. Regarding the copying, the source says "Additionally, with its 1392m length it had no competitor (fancy way of saying "was the longest") and until the Bosphorus was constructed, it held the record for 530 years." I don't think that that's a direct lift. For ALT1, the source also doesn't specify who those enemies were (and apparantly I used the wrong source). ~Styyx^Talk? 19:57, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• FYI Morgan695, I've struck ALT1 and added ALT1b instead, which is confirmed by the same source on the same page. ~Styyx^Talk? 16:16, 3 June 2022 (UTC)