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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:16, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Victoria line

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A 2009 stock Victoria line train at Pimlico
A 2009 stock Victoria line train at Pimlico
  • ... that the London Underground Victoria line was decidedly named so because it "sounded just right"? Source: [from the article] "During the planning stages it was known as Route C, and was then named the Victoria line (after Victoria station) by David McKenna, whose suggestion was seconded by Sir John Elliot. The board decided that the Victoria line sounded 'just right'." (Klapper 1976, p. 123; and Day & Reed 2010, p. 153.)

Improved to Good Article status by Ritchie333 (talk). Nominated by Angga (talk) at 19:00, 31 October 2018 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nominator has less than 5 previous DYK nominations. Good article status, reads well. The hook is in the article and sourced. It is named after Victoria station which sounded just right (its in article). Whispyhistory (talk) 08:04, 4 November 2018 (UTC)