Talk:Richards Building

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Did you know... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building (pictured), "were there such a function as a public incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 SL93 (talk) 05:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Richards Building in 1923

... that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce wrote of the Richards Building, "were there such a function as a public incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"? Source: [1]

Reviewed: Lectures on Theoretical Physics

Created by John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk). Self-nominated at 05:02, 15 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Doing... -Nizil (talk) 07:14, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I found topic and text interesting. New, long enough, cited, neutral, qpq done, hook cited, free images. I am yet to verify text. I find hook less interesting and has a long quote in it. Can suggest more hooks? Regards,-Nizil (talk) 08:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The image needs some cropping to look better at 100x100 size. You may add infobox and talkpage if you like, not necessary for DYK. -Nizil (talk) 08:30, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The quote was the reason I wrote the article. It's not every day that a Cabinet member tells Congress that a government building should be burned down. I can crop the image as needed. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 17:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the hook kicks ass, lol. jp×g 03:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Someone else is finding hook very interesting then I am approving it. Hook is cited inline and verified.-Nizil (talk) 04:35, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The word "incendiary" may be unfamiliar to some people, so I added a wikilink. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 04:39, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link. It made it more clear. No copyvio detected. Hook was verified from snippet in Google Books. Please crop the image and I will approve. Regards,-Nizil (talk) 06:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please add location coordinates where it existed, if possible (not necessary for DYK but good for building article).-Nizil (talk) 06:45, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: The coordinates for the Longworth House Office Building, constructed on the same piece of land, seem to be 38°53′12.48″N 77°0′30.6″W / 38.8868000°N 77.008500°W / 38.8868000; -77.008500. Maybe we could use these? jp×g 10:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nizil Shah and JPxG: I added my best guess at coordinates and filled out the infobox a bit more. I've also cropped the image. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 21:01, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cropped image looks good. Thank you for adding coord. I enjoyed reviewing your nomination. Good to go. -Nizil (talk) 05:59, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]