Talk:Fred F. French Building
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 | Fred F. French Building has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: March 15, 2021. (Reviewed version). |
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Did you know nomination edit
- 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 MeegsC (talk) 17:39, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
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The top of the Fred F. French Building
- ... that the Fred F. French Building (pictured) has been described as the "only Mesopotamian skyscraper" in New York City? Source: Krinsky, Carol Herselle (January 1982). "The Fred F. French Building; Mesopotamia in Manhattan". Antiques. 121: 289–291.
- ALT1:... that the main entrance of New York City's Fred F. French Building was placed on a side street to maximize profit from its highly valuable Fifth Avenue facade? Source: "Fred F. French Building". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. March 18, 1986. p. 10.
- ALT2:... that the Fred F. French Building would have been the tallest building along New York City's Fifth Avenue if it had been completed on time? Source: "Fred F. French Building". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. March 18, 1986. pp. 9-10.
- ALT3:... that a picture of New York City's Fred F. French Building was used in a dictionary to accompany the definition of the word "setback"? Source: Tauranac, John (1979). Essential New York : a guide to the history and architecture of Manhattan's important buildings, parks, and bridges. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. p. 155.
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:27, 15 March 2021 (UTC).
All hooks are supported by the cited sources. Alt0 hook is particularly interesting because of the building's uniqueness and the book source is accepted AGF, but shouldn't Architecture of Mesopotamia be a piped link in the hook (and an added wikilink in the article, too)? As a recent GA, all DYK requirements and QPQ have been met. The photo has been examined and verified to be properly licensed. JGHowes talk 01:50, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- @JGHowes: Thanks for the review. I've linked Architecture of Mesopotamia in the article. However, I'm wary of linking the page in the hook, as including it may distract from the bolded link. Epicgenius (talk) 05:03, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
