Talk:Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro)

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Did you know... that Line 51 of the Amsterdam Metro was called an express tram because the term "metro" was too controversial in the city?

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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 NotAGenious talk 20:40, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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... that Line 51 of the Amsterdam Metro was called an express tram because the term "metro" was too controversial in the city? Source: "De slag om de Nieuwmarktbuurt", Municipality of Amsterdam; "Het woord 'metro' is een tijd lang zo besmet dat de metro naar Amstelveen 'sneltram' wordt genoemd."
- Reviewed: E. S. Brusky

Created by Styyx (talk). Self-nominated at 13:53, 17 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Impressive work on the article. Just waiting for QPQ and then we should be good to go. S5A-0043^Talk 03:37, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello S5A-0043, thanks for the review. I've added a QPQ now. Styyx (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Alright, thanks. AGF on the Dutch sources and I don't see any other huge problems.

This train is bound for, WP:DYKNA. S5A-0043^Talk 23:47, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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