Template:Did you know nominations/Central Bandstand, Herne Bay

Central Bandstand, Herne Bay, H. Kempton Dyson

 * ... that conductors of bands performing at the Central Bandstand, Herne Bay, England (pictured), made their entrance over a red carpet laid across the road from their hotel?

Created by Storye book (talk). Self nominated at 18:02, 21 October 2013 (UTC).


 * Alt 2: ... that conductors of bands performing at the Central Bandstand, Herne Bay, England (pictured), used to make their entrance over a red carpet laid across the road from their hotel? (made → used to make). --Storye book (talk) 07:10, 22 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Alt 3: ... that conductors of bands performing at the Central Bandstand, Herne Bay, England (pictured), designed by H. Kempton Dyson, used to make their entrance over a red carpet laid across the road from their hotel? --Storye book (talk) 19:00, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: There is some problem with the links between this nomination template and the talkpage of the second article (H. Kempton Dyson). I guess I need to add some coding somewhere. Also I have realised that I need to review some DYK articles in return for having this one reviewed.  I have now run out of work-time today, and will have to try to do it tomorrow. --Storye book (talk) 21:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Update: I have today reviewed 4 DYK noms: Vestfold Line, Horten Line, Horten Station, Meat Weed Madness.--Storye book (talk) 10:51, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Update 2: I have today created a new double nom for both articles here: Template:Did you know nominations/H. Kempton Dyson.--Storye book (talk) 11:15, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I've patched the second article into this nomination, and closed the other one. I also struck the "single" hooks. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  18:27, 31 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed of both nominated articles, and of the remaining hook, ALT3. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Central Bandstand is okay, it was a new article at the time of nomination, long enough, and the hook is reliably sourced. I'm not so sure about how H. Kempton Dyson ties into this - we can see he designed the Bandstand, but his own article doesn't contain the information necessary to go in the hook. I would go with ALT3, but just on the Bandstand article. As a rule of thumb, if you're having a creative spurt, pick separate hooks and leave one DYK nom per article - it makes things simpler and gets you listed quicker, all else being equal. Ritchie333   (talk)   (cont)   10:11, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the heads up on this. I have now added the requisite information in full (with citation) to the H. Kempton Dyson article. --Storye book (talk) 10:56, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Unfortunately, that makes the hook 207 characters of prose long by my count, and there is a hard limit of 200. I think losing Kempton Dyson is about the only way this is going to get through the DYK procedure, I'm afraid. :-( Ritchie333   (talk)   (cont)   11:04, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Alt 4 ... that conductors at the Central Bandstand, Herne Bay, England (pictured), designed by H. Kempton Dyson, used to make their entrance from their hotel and across the road over a red carpet?
 * Sorry about the length of Alt 3. I've shortened it (see Alt 4). I've recently returned to DYK after more than a year's absence, and hadn't spotted that you no longer make discretionary small extra-length allowances for double DYK's. I take it that the length is measured at the what-you-see level, and not at the source/formatted level (which would be longer)? --Storye book (talk) 12:18, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Yes, that comes in under the limit, so I can accept it. You're right that only prose characters count - I calculate the size by copying the hook as rendered in my browser and pasting it into this utility. If you have two or three piped wikilinks in your hook, you can easily top 200 raw characters while still coming under the prose count. Ritchie333   (talk)   (cont)   12:32, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated. Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 12:35, 14 November 2013 (UTC)