Template:Did you know nominations/Cranston Public Library

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:25, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Cranston Public Library edit

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William Hall Branch, Cranston Public Library

~~... that in 1972, the board of the Cranston Public Library (William Hall Branch pictured) voted to adopt restricted library cards?~~ Source: [1] "the trustees of the Cranston Public Library adopted a policy which gives parents the opportunity to restrict their child's use of the library."

Reviewed: Carillon and Grenville Railway
Comment: moved from draft to mainspace October 17 via AfC.

Created by Dlestre19 (talk) and Megalibrarygirl (talk). Nominated by 78.26 (talk) at 16:22, 18 October 2017 (UTC).

Substantial article, many details on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. Sorry, I am not happy with hook ~~and image~~. The hook sounds "restricted", - the aspect of protecting minors comes only when you read very far in the article. How about something about the branches, showing the spectacular image? Any of the lead facts about notability, such as the efforts countering unemployment? Or the books delivered to homes? - Article cosmetics (suggestions, not needed to get approval): The lead should be a summary of the body, so please have everything also below, and then remove the references. I never need more than 3 refs for one fact. If there are more than one, they look neater when in ascending order ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I see there's no image, but could be. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:32, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt:, I've added an image (the branch, the picture of the main library underwhelms me). I've also tweaked the lede, hopefully for the better. Do any of the following catch your fancy?:

ALT1 ... that the William Hall Branch (pictured) served as the administrative center of the Cranston Public Library from 1966 to 1983?

ALT2 ... that to counter high unemployment, the Cranston Public Library (branch office pictured) helped form Rhode Island Adult Lifelong Learning (ALL) Access?

ALT3 ~~... that Cranston Public Library's (William Hall Branch pictured) Books @ Home Homebound Delivery Program delivered 4,657 Items in 2016?~~

ALT4 ~~... that the C-Lab at the Cranston Public Library (branch office pictured) provides an Audio-Technica Stereo Turntable for vinyl to MP3 conversion?~~

Thanks for your suggestions. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:08, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for all that! I find ALT4 too technical compared to the others, find the "(ALL)" in ALT2 a bit confusing, formatted the pictured clause (don't think we need the name twice), and reworded ALT3 to this:

ALT5 ... that Cranston Public Library (branch office pictured) delivered 4,657 items to its homebound customers in 2016?

- the image is licensed and attractive. I'd choose ALT1, for the simple pictured ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 20 October 2017 (UTC)