Talk:Sunswick Creek

A fact from Sunswick Creek appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after residents near Sunswick Creek broke down its tide gates in 1916, the New York City health commissioner claimed that they "prefer to live like hogs"?

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Did you know nomination edit

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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

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... that after people living near Sunswick Creek broke down the creek's tide gates in 1916, the New York City health commissioner described them as "prefer[ring] to live like hogs"? Source: Brooklyn Standard Union April 12, 1916; Brooklyn Standard Union April 16, 1916
- ALT1:... that during excavations for a sewer line in 1957, construction workers found remnants of a former grist mill on New York City's underground Sunswick Creek? Source: NY Times 1957
- ALT2:... that the name of New York City's Sunswick Creek likely comes from a Native American word meaning 'Woman Chief' or 'Sachem’s Wife'? Source: Greater Astoria Historical Society

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Trimdon Labour Club
Comment: Any additional hook suggestions are welcomed

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC).Reply

Of the three hooks proposed, the first one is probably the best, though I'd suggest mentioning the year just in case people get upset and think that the quote is recent. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:02, 12 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

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: - For ALT, The exact quote was "prefer to live like hogs" so I recommend modifying the hook slightly to match, or moving the quote marks

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article, Earwig shows some quotes which are fine, once ALT is cleaned up it will be ready to go. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Thanks for the review. I've now fixed the first hook. epicgenius (talk) 20:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

All good, thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:48, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

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