Template:Did you know nominations/United Nations Secretariat Building

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The result was: promoted by Styyx (talk) 20:36, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

United Nations Secretariat Building

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United Nations Secretariat Building

• ... that when the United Nations Secretariat Building (pictured) was finished, its staff were described as "neither united nor very peaceful"? Source: Browning, Norma Lee (December 9, 1951). "Unity! You Don't Find It in U. N. 'glass House': It's a 'melting Pot' That Fails to Melt". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3
  • ALT1: ... that the United Nations Secretariat Building was so outdated by the 1990s that, had it not been exempt from local building regulations, it might have been forced to close? Source: Wren, Christopher S. (October 24, 1999). "International Symbol of Neglect; U. N. Building, Unimproved in 50 Years, Shows Its Age". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that in the year after the United Nations Secretariat Building opened, its windows leaked 4,916 times before they were repaired? Source: "Window Leaks Overcome" (PDF). Architectural Forum. Vol. 96. January 1952. p. 134. "Modifications carried out during the summer reduced the incidence of window leaks from the 4,916 counted a year ago to only 16 after last October's gales, and now these have also been fixed. "
  • ALT3: ... that in the year after the United Nations Secretariat Building opened, its windows leaked nearly 5,000 times before they were repaired? Source: Same as above
  • ALT4: ... that the United Nations Secretariat Building was the first skyscraper in New York City to use a glass curtain wall? Source: Stichweh, Dirk (2016). New York Skyscrapers. Prestel Publishing. p. 103.
  • ALT5: ... that three panels from the United Nations Secretariat Building's original curtain wall are preserved at the Museum of Modern Art? Source: "United Nations Headquarters Board of Design, Wallace K. Harrison, Max Abramovitz, Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret). Façade from the United Nations Secretariat Building, New York, New York. 1950". The Museum of Modern Art.
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5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:18, 30 July 2022 (UTC).

• I'll leave this to another reviewer, but I think the best hooks here are ALT0 and ALT1 (no real preference between the two). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Taking over. The expansion is quite notable and the sourcing is amazing. However, I don't know what to do with those red links. Alt 1 seems to me the most interesting as it talks about its creation (and how it almost wasn't). If there is a conflict of interest, ping me. Nice work with the article.Tintor2 (talk) 01:15, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Your review seems incomplete as you didn't check all the criteria. Can you take a look at this again and check the other criteria you didn't mention? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:55, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Tintor2: ping. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:56, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

There was an expansion of around 90,000 bytes, the lead is well organized, I managed to understand the prose and the sourcing well done. There haven't been editing editing wars or anything controversial. I would say there is even potential for a GA. My only problem are the red link. The QPQ indicates there aren't copyright violations.Tintor2 (talk) 02:52, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments Tintor2. My understanding is that WP:REDLINK allows red links so long as the topics actually are notable and verifiable (but don't have an article yet). There are a few red links in the article because I'm planning to create pages about these topics in the future. Regarding the QPQ requirement, I have to conduct a review of another nomination, but I have not done so yet. I would appreciate it if you could wait until I can provide a QPQ review, which I will do within the next few days. Epicgenius (talk) 22:08, 31 July 2022 (UTC)