Template:Did you know nominations/Chalfont Viaduct
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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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Chalfont Viaduct[edit]
The bridge over the M25
... that the Chalfont Viaduct over the M25 motorway in England was built by the Scottish engineer James Charles Inglis in 1906, and is now famous for its graffiti?ALT1:... that the Chalfont Viaduct was originally built in 1906 to cross the River Misbourne in England, but now the M25 motorway passes underneath its arches?
Created by Cnbrb (talk). Self-nominated at 12:22, 21 September 2018 (UTC).
Article had been created in the time specified by the nominator and, while very bare-bones and short, it has an adequate number of characters to satisfy the criteria; about 2,470. The nominator, Cnbrb, has had only four DYK credits as of writing, so a QPQ is not needed. There seems to be a lack of a consistent citation style, however, from bare URLs to Harvard citations. Some citations lack basic information, such as {{Cite web}} authors and {{Cite book}} page numbers. I like the premise of the latter part of the first proposed hook, and stress that we don't need two premises in one hook; we can cut out the subjectively less interesting factoid about who designed the bridge and when it was built, and instead focus on the fame and graffiti aspects. My proposal would be as follows,
ALT2: ... that the Chalfont Viaduct over the M25 motorway in England is famous for its graffiti?– PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 15:45, 21 September 2018 (UTC)- Thank you for your input. The bare URL citation was added subsequently by another editor, now fixed, along with some other references. BBC News articles never provide a byline, hence lack of author info. Cnbrb (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- The nomination meets the criteria as specified by Philip; however, I'd prefer to actually mention the tagline itself ie: ALT3: ... that the Chalfont Viaduct on the M25 motorway was famous for its graffiti slogan "Give Peas A Chance"? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:17, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for your input. The bare URL citation was added subsequently by another editor, now fixed, along with some other references. BBC News articles never provide a byline, hence lack of author info. Cnbrb (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
