Template:Did you know nominations/Washington Monument


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Washington Monument

 * ... that the Washington Monument is 169.294 m tall?

Improved to Good Article status by Kai Tak (talk). Nominated by Royroydeb (talk) at 07:57, 13 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Promoted to GA on day of nom, long enough, well written. No requirement for QPQ as neither creator or nom have previous DYK credit. I just find the hook to be very dull. I suggest:
 * ALT1 ... that standing at over 169 m, the Washington Monument is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk?
 * and, are you ok with this? Oncenawhile (talk) 22:39, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * per Rule H2, you cannot approve your own hook. I changed your green tick to a question-mark. After you sort out ALT1 with the page creator and nominator, please call for another reviewer to complete this nomination. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:03, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I have no problem . RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 08:23, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg - I'd do something about how a crack in the monument led to it being shut down for over a year. That could be very interesting.  Sports guy17  ( T •  C ) 16:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * please write an ALT so we can review it. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that the Washington Monument was closed for 32 months due to a crack found near the top of the structure?
 * Proposed ALT2 above.  Sports guy17  ( T •  C ) 20:46, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg 32 months stat checks out. Good to go. Oncenawhile (talk) 21:01, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg thanks for pitching in. But the monument was closed due to much more than one crack, according to the article. Yoninah (talk) 21:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that earthquake damage caused a 32-month closure of the Washington Monument?
 * Another proposed, more accurate.  Sports guy17  ( T •  C ) 21:20, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. What do you think about embellishing that a little:
 * ALT3: ... that the Washington Monument was closed for 32 months to repair over 150 cracks caused by the 2011 Virginia earthquake?
 * ALT4: ... that the Washington Monument, the world's tallest obelisk, sustained over 150 cracks from the 2011 Virginia earthquake?
 * There is also the matter of a few dead links in the article. I removed one of them because the information was supported by other citations. Yoninah (talk) 07:05, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The ALT 4 looks the best. RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 07:49, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Thanks. Since I can't approve my own hook, could another reviewer sign off on this? Yoninah (talk) 09:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg for ALT4. Hook is cited, meets core content policies, and meets eligibility criterion, so all is good to go.  Sports guy17  ( T •  C ) 11:18, 16 March 2015 (UTC)