- 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) 06:21, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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Flushing River
Flushing River
- ... that part of the Flushing River (pictured) was widened into two lakes for a World's Fair? Source: Siegel 2006, p. 3
- ALT1:... that marshland around the Flushing River (pictured), considered "all but worthless", was later expanded into a park used for two world's fairs? Source: Stage 1a assessment, p. 11; NY Times 1935, Plan p. 37
- ALT2:... that one drawbridge over the Flushing River (pictured), previously the largest fixed-trunnion bascule bridge in the world, is no longer functional? Source: QNS.com
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Beagan
- Comment: More hooks forthcoming - unfortunately, not too many good hooks about the river's name itself
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 00:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC).
Indeed promoted to GA two days ago. I personally lean toward the default or to ALT1; ALT2 sounds impressive, but the phrase "fixed-trunnion bascule bridge" is perhaps too specialist. Human impact on something "worthless" that we now understand to be critical to the environment is a more universal concept. -- Zanimum (talk) 01:02, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
