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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 19:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
... that the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, the first hall of fame in the United States, was built to conceal an exposed wall? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890–1915. New York: Rizzoli. p. 108
ALT1: ... that the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, the first hall of fame in the United States, was built because the retaining wall of the Gould Memorial Library was exposed? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890–1915. New York: Rizzoli. p. 108
ALT4: ... that the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, the United States' first hall of fame, was "viewed by almost no one" by 1979? Source: Goldman, John J. (May 24, 1978). "Hall of Heroes Forgotten in Celebrity Age". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
ALT6: ... that Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and James Monroe were all inducted to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans after being rejected several times? Source: Johnson, Robert Underwood (1935). Your Hall of Fame: Being an Account of the Origin, Establishment, and History of This Division of New York University, from 1900 to 1935 Inclusive. New York: New York University. p. 50.
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:30, 20 September 2022 (UTC).
Mildly fascinating article! More obvious hooks to me are along the lines of:
"... that since 1976 there have been no additions to, but two removals from, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans?", or listing some of the more famous rejectees. Johnbod (talk) 17:01, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment Johnbod. I've added your suggestion and another hook about notable rejections. Epicgenius (talk) 15:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Overall: Passed GA shortly before nom, long enough, well-sourced. No concerns from Earwig check (mainly quotations picked up). Good image with appropriate licence. Really interesting article; seems a bit of a shame that the building has fallen into such neglect. In terms of the hooks, my favourites are ALT0 and ALT7, but the others meet requirements as well (AGF on offline sources).
Only one small thing, I am not sure if I read ALT2 as entirely supported by the source article, which seems to say that halls of fames are less popular in the modern celebrity age; where is the reference to more modern halls of fame? I will strike ALT2 for now, but let me know if I have missed something in the source and I can reinstate. (If you agree, this needs to be amended in the article also, I think.) Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 03:15, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Passed GA shortly before nom, long enough, well-sourced. No concerns from Earwig check (mainly quotations picked up). Good image with appropriate licence. Really interesting article; seems a bit of a shame that the building has fallen into such neglect. In terms of the hooks, my favourites are ALT0 and ALT7, but the others meet requirements as well (AGF on offline sources).