Template:Did you know nominations/High Point, Bradford
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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 Edge3 (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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High Point, Bradford
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that High Point is "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot" and "utterly freakish"?Source: "A Sixties development in Bradford called High Point is described as "utterly freakish, the severed head of some Japanese giant robot clad in a West Yorkshire stone aggregate" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20210104215941/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/guide-new-ruins-great-britain-owen-hatherley-2339977.html Christopher Hirst, The Independent, Review: A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, By Owen Hatherley, 23 October 2011)
- Reviewed: Terry Grosz
Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 00:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Very nice submission and interesting read from a prolific editor. I would suggest tweaking the hook as follows:
- ALT 1 ... that High Point has been described as "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot"? StonyBrook (talk) 16:02, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
- Yes that's much more concise! No Swan So Fine (talk) 12:05, 7 January 2021 (UTC)