Template:Did you know nominations/Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath edit

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The Church of St. Lambertus in 2017

... that the Church of St. Lambertus (pictured) in Immerath, Germany withstood artillery fire in World War II, but not the expansion of a lignite mine in 2018?

Source 1: "Im Februar 1945 geriet Immerath unter starken Artilleriebeschuss, das linke Querschiff und die Inneneinrichtung von St. Lambertus wurden schwer beschädigt. 1946 begannen die Einwohner mit den Reparaturarbeiten..." (translated as "In February 1945 Immerath came under heavy artillery fire, the left transept and the interior of St. Lambertus were badly damaged. In 1946, the inhabitants began repair work ...") "St. Lambertus Immerath" (PDF). erkelenz.de (in German).
Source 2: "A 19th-century village cathedral in western Germany was razed to the ground on Tuesday to make way for the expansion of coal mega mines." Kuruvilla, Carol (9 January 2018). "19th-Century German Church Is Demolished To Make Way For Coal Mining". HuffPost.

- ALT1:... that the entire village of Immerath, Germany, including the Church of St. Lambertus (pictured), was demolished to make way for the expansion of the Garzweiler surface mine?
  Source: "A 19th-century village cathedral in western Germany was razed to the ground on Tuesday to make way for the expansion of coal mega mines... It’s the latest stage in the demolition of the entire village of Immerath" Kuruvilla, Carol (9 January 2018). "19th-Century German Church Is Demolished To Make Way For Coal Mining". HuffPost.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Swan with Two Necks, London
Comment: Translated from the equivalent article on Italian Wikipedia. A possible alternative image would be File:Abriss Immerather Dom, St. Lambertus-7116.jpg, which shows the church being demolished.

Created by Xwejnusgozo (talk). Self-nominated at 11:48, 20 January 2018 (UTC).

New enough, long enough, both hooks interesting. Article written within policy; it's a balanced article about a subject that can be emotional for some people. QPQ done. Image is fine. The article is basically good to go but I lack references for the sentences that state some of the facts in the hook (e.g. about artillery shelling during WWII; only the paragraph has a reference). Add these and it should be good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 12:08, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Done. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 17:34, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Great, still needs a reference with the support for the claim that the entire village was demolished though. After that it's good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 17:48, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Oops, forgot about that. Should be OK now. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 21:16, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

We're getting closer and closer... however the sentences you added the last references for don't actually state that the entire village was demolished (although at least the huff post source clearly says so); there is a sentence about it in the lead section without references, but the claim is not repeated in the history section. In fact, the second sentence of the first paragraph of the section "Deconsecration and demolition" states that "company demolished and rebuilt most of Immerath's buildings to a new site". Try rephrasing it maybe and adding that statement about the entire village? Yakikaki (talk) 10:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

I reworded that sentence. While I was at it, I also added archived URLs for each source so as to avoid link rot. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 13:01, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Excellent, good to go! Yakikaki (talk) 15:25, 22 January 2018 (UTC)