Template:Did you know nominations/Louisville Sinking Fund Building

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 * 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 Yoninah (talk) 14:12, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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Louisville Sinking Fund Building

 * ... that the Sinking Fund Building was home to both the fire department and the tax collection department of Louisville, Kentucky?
 * ALT1: ... that Louisville Sinking Fund Building was named after the sinking fund that was used to finance its construction? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
 * Comment: Saturday May 4 is the Kentucky Derby in Louisville KY, which usually gets an in the news spot that day. May be of related interest to this article.
 * Comment: Saturday May 4 is the Kentucky Derby in Louisville KY, which usually gets an in the news spot that day. May be of related interest to this article.

Created by Charles Edward (talk). Self-nominated at 15:47, 3 May 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg (AGF good pending QPQ) The article is new enough and long enough at 1770 characters, and I'm AGF on the hook source as it is offline. One suggestion is that all but two sentences start with the word "the", and more variety in beginning sentences would improve the way it reads; I've made some changes as well to this end. You also need a QPQ to continue. Raymie (t • c) 03:55, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The nominator hasn't edited since the beginning of the month. He has also been unable to provide a QPQ. If the QPQ is the last remaining issue, would it be alright with you if I donate a QPQ in his stead? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:08, 24 June 2019 (UTC) Actually, according to the QPQ tool, the nominator has no prior DYK credits, so no QPQ was needed for this nomination. If there are no more remaining issues, then can this be passed now. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:11, 24 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg I would be fine with this moving forward, then. It's on the short side but it meets the requirements. Raymie (t • c) 03:44, 24 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Came to promote, but the hook is a little bland. The article says the building once had a tower that was used as a fire lookout. Could we build a hook around that? --valereee (talk) 16:14, 24 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Working on the article. Stay for a day or two. &#x222F; WBG converse 05:48, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, and corrected the referencing as well as added another source. I think the first hook is good—the building name itself is good for a laugh—but I don't see the second hook fact about the tax collection department in the source. I struck ALT1 because it gives away the joke. Yoninah (talk) 18:59, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg It has been nearly one month since my last edit and there has been no response from the nominator. If this isn't addressed within one week, it will be closed as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 23:18, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: I found this source for tax collectors, but it's a self-published Amazon book, so not terribly reliable.  I also came across the NRHP nomination, which might be useful for expansion of the article, but it doesn't have much on tax collectors.  The NRHP nomination is for three buildings – the Sinking Fund Building, City Hall, and the City Hall Annex – and it seems like the Annex was more permanently involved with tax collection. – Reidgreg (talk) 20:01, 14 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Just as a suggestion here, perhaps we could try going with a hook based on the building's name? Like there might be potential with a hook about a "sinking fund" after all. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:00, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:14, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg You pinged and I wound up doubling the size of the article with expansions. I can't review now, but I am going to suggest new hooks: Raymie (t • c) 05:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that the Louisville Sinking Fund Building was saved from demolition by 15,000 votes?
 * ALT3: ... that busts of two former city fire department officials adorn the Louisville Sinking Fund Building?
 * ALT4: ... that the Louisville Sinking Fund Building went from being slated for demolition to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in six years?
 * Pinging . Raymie (t • c) 05:42, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ALT2 and ALT4 are the best options (with a slight preference for ALT4); ALT3 seems rather bland and typical. Will wait for a response from others before signing them off, though. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:31, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I think ALT4 is the best. Thanks, ! Yoninah (talk) 13:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Almost ready to be reviewed, only that there seems to be an error with the Reflist displaying reference 13. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:02, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Raymie (t • c) 01:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thanks. I think we're good to go now since I see no problems with the added content. I've struck ALT3 for lack of interest and am approving ALT2 and ALT4 (stating a preference for the latter); AGF accepting the references as I don't have access to the Newspapers.com clips in my country. Rest of the review per Raymie's original review. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 08:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC) |}}