Talk:Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:35, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that the Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District preserves the Victorian "charm of the Northwest Texas frontier"? Source: "The charm of the Northwest Texas Frontier is still much in evidence. .. Evident in the district are several buildings which comprise a solid grouping of Victorian structures as a visual reminder of the town's historical significance." (Nomination form, p.15, 17)

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5x expanded by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:53, 2 July 2020 (UTC).

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:

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• Interesting: - @Bryanrutherford0: In my opinion, the hook isn't too interesting as most NRHP districts are enacted in the interest of preserving the historic qualities of that particular region. But the hook would be better even if you only add a mention of where in Texas this historic district is (i.e. if you mentioned that it was in the county seat). I can also take a look at alternative hooks, if you have any.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 16:58, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Haha the hardest part of a DYK nomination for me is coming up with a catchy hook! Hrm, how about this? -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 19:57, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that many structures in the Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District were built in the 1880s after Albany, Texas, became the terminus of the now-defunct Texas Central Railroad? Source: "... The Texas Central Railroad arrived at Albany in 1881 ... with many businessmen moving to the county seat. Remaining for 19 years as terminus of the Texas Central, Albany experienced accelerated building during this time." (Nomination form, p.15)

Thanks for proposing ALT1. Yeah, it is hard to come up with DYK hooks, but that one is much better. So I am approving ALT1. epicgenius (talk) 20:16, 3 July 2020 (UTC)