Template:Did you know nominations/Chenies Street

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The result was: promoted by Fuebaey (talk) 23:08, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Chenies Street edit

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~~... that London's Chenies Street includes the entrance to the deep-level bomb shelter that was Eisenhower's headquarters during the Second World War?~~

Reviewed: Dog Island Lighthouse.

Created by Philafrenzy (talk). Self nominated at 00:54, 30 December 2014 (UTC).

- ~~Hook not sourced - a bit of copy and pasting found from Goodge Street article which also has no source for there being an entrance on Chenies Street.~~ Nominator yet to do a review.

New – Article created within the past seven days on the 25th Dec.
Long enough – the prose portion is at least 1,500 characters.
Within policy – The article is neutral, it contains at least 1 inline citation per paragraph. I cannot find any copyright violations other than the one identified above regarding the shelter.
Hook - As explained above.
QPQ – Nominator not done.
Image - Provided under free use by nominator. It is used in the article and is visible at small size (100 × 100px).

Philafrenzy - I'm sure you will be able to make the small fixes required. Its a brilliant article overall, good job. Nice work on taking the photo too! ツStacey (talk) 19:45, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I will take a look. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:12, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry to be a spoilsport, but I'd like to hear why we can accept http://underground-history.co.uk/shelters.php as an RS. It's one of those terrific enthusiasts sites which no doubt is the source of much fascinating info, but I don't see the editorial oversight. Am I missing something? Perhaps the hook can be found in a more conventional source. EEng (talk) 09:12, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

The role of Eisenhower has been exaggerated by some of the sources I think. I added a ref from The Times which confirms the entrances (and reminded me that there is one from within the station itself) and replaces the source queried by EE above.

Alt1 ... that London's Chenies Street includes an entrance to the deep-level bomb shelter that was a US Army Signal Corps base during the preparations for D-Day? Philafrenzy (talk) 12:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Here's the Tottenham Court Road entrance to the shelter, complete with real Londoners. Note the authentic ethnographic detail including the cards advertising local prostitutes in the phone box. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:22, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

How do you know they're local? Been doing a little OR, have you? EEng (talk) 15:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

There are no lengths that I won't go to to ensure that Wikipedia is accurate. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps you could get some of those prostitutes to come work at DYK. Lord knows we could use some talented hookers here. EEng (talk) 22:24, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

- New hook seems fine and is cited in the article. QPQ not completed? Unless editor hasn't nominated more than 5 DYKs? ツStacey (talk) 21:05, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Will do a QPQ shortly. Thanks. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

QPQ done. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:17, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Article G2G! ツStacey (talk) 13:40, 7 January 2015 (UTC)