Template:Did you know nominations/Old Meigs County Courthouse
- The following discussion 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 20:52, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
Old Meigs County Courthouse edit
- ... that the Old Meigs County Courthouse (pictured) is Ohio's oldest standing courthouse?
Created/expanded by Nyttend (talk). Self nom at 22:15, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Comment At one point (in "Later history"), I copied text verbatim from the source, but as a work of the US Federal Government, the source is in the public domain. The quote is short enough (just part of one sentence) that it won't affect the DYK length requirement. Nyttend (talk) 22:30, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- Article is long enough and new enough (created on November 24). Photograph has appropriate license and may be included on main page. Hook is short enough and interesting.
However, the in-line citation (note 4) given for the hook does not say it is the state's "oldest" extant courthouse. Instead, it says here: "The courthouse is one of the oldest county courthouses in Ohio ..."(italics added) Cbl62 (talk) 23:24, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I mis-read the source. The one that is "one of the oldest" is apparently Meigs County Courthouse (Ohio). The source does assert that the old Meigs County Courthouse is the oldest in the state. I'll pick up the other review elements shortly. Sorry for the confusion. Cbl62 (talk) 23:30, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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This hook is looking generally good. Would you mind identifying more specifically which passage is taken directly from which source. If it is truly verbatim, shouldn't it be placed in quotation marks? Cbl62 (talk) 23:35, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not using it as a quotation, so quotation marks aren't needed; I'm simply saying the same thing. It's just three words — "empty and unused". I've stricken your objection to "one of the oldest", since you withdrew it, but feel free to un-strike it if you believe necessary. And yes, it's referring to the current courthouse. Nyttend (talk) 23:50, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying. If the verbatim portion is limited to those three words, no problem. This is good to go. Cbl62 (talk) 00:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
- Article is long enough and new enough (created on November 24). Photograph has appropriate license and may be included on main page. Hook is short enough and interesting.
