Talk:British Empire Building

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Review: June 29, 2022. (Reviewed version).

A fact from British Empire Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a plaza called the Channel Gardens was planted between British and French buildings at Rockefeller Center?

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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 Z1720 (talk) 17:46, 21 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

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... that the British and French governments leased the British Empire Building and La Maison Francaise at Rockefeller Center after American tenants were reluctant to occupy these structures? Source: "Radio City Building Seen as Aid to Britain; Head of London Syndicate Says Offer Was Friendly Gesture by Rockefeller". The New York Times. January 8, 1932; "Rockefeller City Adds French Unit". The New York Times. March 31, 1932.
- ALT1: ... that British and French buildings at Rockefeller Center were leased to their respective governments after American tenants were reluctant to occupy these structures? Source: Same as above
- ALT2: ... that a plaza called the Channel Gardens was planted between British and French buildings at Rockefeller Center? Source: Kimmelman, Michael (April 15, 2020). "Rockefeller Center's Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour". The New York Times.
- ALT3: ... that the British Empire Building and La Maison Francaise were developed as part of an international trade hub promoted by Rockefeller Center's managers? Source: Kimmelman, Michael (April 15, 2020). "Rockefeller Center's Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour". The New York Times.
- ALT4: ... that the British government was the original tenant for Rockefeller Center's British Empire Building, but the French government did not rent its twin, La Maison Francaise? Source: "Radio City Building Seen as Aid to Britain; Head of London Syndicate Says Offer Was Friendly Gesture by Rockefeller". The New York Times. January 8, 1932; "France May Lease Rockefeller Space; Government Officials Studying Plans of Foreign Unit in Development Here". The New York Times. May 7, 1932
- Reviewed: Wilson Small, Daniel Webster (steamboat)
- Comment: More hooks later. I can propose individual hooks for both articles if none of these are satisfactory.

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 18:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Checks were all good. The original hook is may favourite of the selection, with ALT1 and ALT2 also fine. I'm less keen on ALT3 but that's OK too. ALT4 is alright, but it's much less interesting to me that "but the French government did not rent its twin" than the other hooks. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:51, 6 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

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