Template:Did you know nominations/The Traveling Man

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

The Traveling Man

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The Traveling Man

... that The Traveling Man (pictured) was commissioned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to replace murals that were destroyed for the construction of DART Light Rail in Deep Ellum, Dallas? Source: Dallas Morning News
- ALT1:... that the fictional origin story of The Traveling Man (pictured) is that it was a steam locomotive buried beneath an elm tree that sprang to life when a blues musician spilled gin on the tree's roots? Source: The Dallas Morning News, Slate, Dallas Observer
- ALT2:... that The Traveling Man (pictured) is made of brushed and polished sheets of stainless steel that are held together with approximately 10,000 stainless steel rivets? Source: Slate, CultureMap Dallas, D Magazine

Reviewed: Poppy seed defence

Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 19:33, 22 May 2021 (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:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice article and fun read. I would lean away from ALT2 because I could only find the claim of 10,000 rivets in one source and only phrased as a hypothetical question rather than listed as a definitive fact of the construction. Of course WP:AGF applies but with two other hooks that are just as interesting, I'd say go with one of those. Nice work Michael Barera!
copyvios clears. N8 17:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)