Template:Did you know nominations/University College London

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The result was: promoted by Edge3 (talk) 04:51, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

University College London

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~~... that University College London is the second largest university in the United Kingdom by enrolment?~~ Source: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study
- ALT1: ... that University College London was the first university institution to be established in London and the first in England to be entirely secular, admitting students regardless of their religion? Source: Harte, Negley; North, John (2004). The World of UCL 1828–2004. London: UCL. pp. 29–32. ISBN 978-1-84472-025-5. , http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2012/01/students-defend-freedom-of-expression-at-university-college-london
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Canthotomy

Improved to Good Article status by Robminchin (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 20:29, 20 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/University College London; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Non-reviewing comment: the above seem pretty boring. Why not:

Alt2 "...that the kidnapping of Phineas, the mascot of University College London, sparked a conflict that involved rotten apples, castration, and the embalmed head of Jeremy Bentham?"

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:09, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Alt3 "...that the rivalries of students at the University College London have led to pitched battles with other schools involving rotten apples, castration, and the embalmed head of Jeremy Bentham?

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: --evrik ^(talk) 02:31, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

evrik, by striking them through do you mean that U0 & ALT1/2 are unsatisfactory in some way? What do you mean by "schools" in ALT3? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:46, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

@Evrik: surprised you didn't like the hooks. Well there's

Alt4 "... that University College London's library system contains over 2 million books?" http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/year/2008/reviewofhefcefundingforresearchlibraries/ Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:18, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

It is a common practice for reviewers to strike hooks they do no approve. I this case I though Alt3 was the best. --evrik ^(talk) 14:11, 23 June 2023 (UTC)