Template:Did you know nominations/Ford Piquette Avenue Plant


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:16, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

 * ... that from October 1904 to the end of 1909, Ford Motor Company assembled car models B, C, F, K, N, R, S, and T at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan? Source: National Historic Landmark Nomination – Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, p. 14, p. 15, p. 20
 * ALT1:... that from October 1904 to the end of 1909, Ford Motor Company assembled car models B, C, F, K, N, R, S, and T at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant? Source: National Historic Landmark Nomination – Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, p. 14, p. 15, p. 20
 * ALT2:... that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, was the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day? Source: National Historic Landmark Nomination – Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, p. 18

Improved to Good Article status by Jackdude101 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:25, 2 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Review below:


 * There are some short passages that overlap with http://www.nps.gov/nhl/find/statelists/mi/FordPiquette.pdf, but they mostly consist of proper names.
 * I reworded parts of the article to tone down the inevitable close paraphrasing of that source. Jackdude 101  talk cont 00:51, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There are definitely much more interesting hooks. What about these?
 * ... that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day?
 * ... that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is the oldest, purpose-built automotive factory building in the world to be open to the public?
 * ... that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, formerly one of Ford's automotive production centers, is now partially occupied by a General Linen & Uniform Service?
 * ... that the Ford Model T, the car credited with starting the mass use of automobiles in the United States, was created at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant?
 * I added the first suggestion you mentioned as a new official alternate hook. The reason why I went with the ones above it was because I wanted to play it safe and go with a fact mentioned exactly how it was stated in the article. Jackdude 101  talk cont 00:51, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The alternative hooks also use exact wording from the article. I like ALT2 the most. I will approve that alt hook, but I removed the Michigan link because it's a common term (and anyway, Detroit is what most people will recognize). epicgenius (talk) 00:55, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Coming to promote ALT2, I find the facts mentioned in the lead but there does not seem to be an inline citation for them, as required for DYK. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:41, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I added the citation where this fact is mentioned in the lead section just now. Jackdude 101  talk cont 11:32, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg That's fine. Replacing Epicgenius' tick. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:36, 28 April 2018 (UTC)