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New York City FC

 * ... that the New York Mets objected to New York City plans to build a new stadium within sight of Citi Field?
 * Reviewed: Iva Withers

Created by Falastur2 (talk), Mosmof (talk). Nominated by The C of E (talk) at 17:08, 23 May 2013 (UTC).


 * Comment: Don't obfuscate the article link with a different subject. I've proposed ALT1 below to resolve this issue. Mind  matrix  18:58, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT1: that the New York Mets objected to the plans by New York City FC to build a new stadium within sight of Citi Field?
 * Comment: I was going to nominate this myself until I realised it was already nominated. Personally I would've gone for a pull just about NYCFC being MLS' 20th franchise, and possibly mentioning its ownership. Seems more broad and defining than a comment about the Mets opposing stadium plans, but that's just me. Falastur2  Talk 23:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: ...not to mention that shouldn't it refer to the "FC" on the end? Anyone who hasn't heard of the team launch will not understand why the City itself needs a stadium? Falastur2  Talk 08:20, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Have you read the Alt?  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 08:33, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I read it yesterday, but I admit I came back to this page and then realised I was in a rush to leave home to go out (I forgot I would have internet access here as well) and I clearly paid no attention to the alt when I wrote that last comment. You have me, I withdraw the last comment, though I still wonder whether the alt would serve better by commenting on the founding of the club, which is an event which has generated a lot of interest as well as controversy in and of itself. I don't want to make this sound like I'm absolutely fixated on this though. If it ends up being about the Mets and Citi field then so be it. I just wanted to throw out the alternative. If you disagree, or even aren't sure, then by all means choose to disregard my suggestion. It was only ever intended to be a suggestion. Falastur2  Talk 08:41, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I also think there's better possibilities for a hook, to me the Mets thing is a peripheral issue. Particularly as the NYT reference used says "Mets officials declined to comment on the deal". Two alts suggested below. Oldelpaso (talk) 11:20, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT2: that New York City FC is the 20th and newest franchise in Major League Soccer?
 * ALT3: that Major League Soccer franchise New York City FC is co-owned by Manchester City FC and the New York Yankees?

New enough, long enough, properly referenced with no evidence of plagiarism or overly close paraphrasing. Since the original nomination, the stadium section has been spun out to its own article, so the original hook and ALT1 are no longer applicable and I've struck them out. ALTs 2 and 3 are properly formatted, short enough, interesting enough, and inline cited to reliable sources. Not a self-nom so no QPQ requirement. Only problem was the stub rating on the talk page, which I have now fixed. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:15, 27 May 2013 (UTC)