Template:Did you know nominations/Great Northern Highway


 * 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 97198 (talk) 06:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Great Northern Highway

 * ... that the Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia?
 * ALT1:... that the Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia, covering a distance of almost 3,200 kilometres?
 * Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by Evad37 (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 14:21, 16 August 2014 (UTC).


 * ALT2:... that at 3200 kilometers (2000 miles) the Great Northern Highway is Australia's longest? EEng (talk) 03:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Note that the word "the" should not precede the name "Great Northern Highway" for consistency with the article. It is not part of the highway's name per sources in the article, and is not used in similar FA-class articles such as Great Eastern Highway. Previous discussion on this issue has occurred at Talk:Great_Eastern_Highway, and there have previously been comments regarding the issue at WP:HWY A-Class Reviews (eg Mitchell Freeway ACR – Review by Fredddie – comment #2). Therefore, I propose ALT4, ALT5, or ALT6 below be used instead. - Evad37 &#91;talk] 11:01, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT4:... that Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia?
 * ALT5:... that Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia, covering a distance of almost 3,200 kilometres?
 * ALT6:... that at 3200 kilometres (2000 miles), Great Northern Highway is Australia's longest?


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go for ALT4. The hook is verified by a reliable source from the Australian government. The article was promoted to Good article status on August 16, 2014, which is the same day this article was nominated for DYK (GA status was within seven days of this nomination). Spot checks for copyvio reveals no problems. NorthAmerica1000 02:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)