Template:Did you know nominations/Aarhus

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Aarhus edit

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... that Aarhus (waterfront pictured) is the second-largest city in Denmark?

Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by Dr. Blofeld (talk), RhinoMind (talk), Ipigott (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 00:08, 3 August 2014 (UTC).

Meets the criteria. But the hook should be more clear. By "second-largest", you mean population-wise or size-wise? —Vensatry _(ping) 18:28, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. It's by population; below is an alternative formulation. Oceanh (talk) 20:35, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that the city of Aarhus (waterfront pictured) is the second-most populous urban area in Denmark?

Hook is not riveting (it's in the number one position for many things so why pick a number two); there's plenty of more interesting facts to choose from, for example:

ALT1 ...that Aarhus (pictured) became Århus in 1948 and in 2010 it became Aarhus again?

ALT2 ...that, in 1944, a precision bombing raid on the Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus (pictured) destroyed all their files?

ALT3 ...that Aarhus (pictured) in the north of Denmark has an Eastern-inspired bazaar?

(I find the article's mix of translations and the original Danish names for place names weird, but that is not a DYK matter) Belle (talk) 10:45, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

@Oceanh: Belle has got some interesting hooks. Would you consider any of those? —Vensatry _(ping) 17:17, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Sure, they are all good. You may choose whichever you like. Oceanh (talk) 17:26, 8 August 2014 (UTC)