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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 SL93 (talk) 18:22, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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Wildlife in the Bronx

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  • ... that in 2007, José the beaver set up housekeeping in the Bronx? Source: "The first known sighting of a beaver in the city since that time was in 2007, when one built a lodge along the Bronx River, near the Bronx Zoo." "After 200 Years, a Beaver Is Back in New York City (Published 2007)". nytimes.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

Created by RoySmith (talk). Self-nominated at 16:11, 1 June 2022 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article that gave me many new insights, new and long enough, the hook is fun and surprising (at least for non-New Yorkers, I first thought José was a person). I sourced some unsourced phrases, to which I found a source at ease and for the rest I assume good faith. As to me it is good to go.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:02, 12 June 2022 (UTC) y

  • @RoySmith: clever and quirky as always, but why "housekeeping"? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:03, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
    • Setting up housekeeping is a common idiom for moving into some place and making it your home. I'm open to other suggestions. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:08, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
      • I thought it was a clever wordplay, an uncontroversial, fun hook for DYK on an interesting article. I believe readers would understand the pun in a jiffy, but I'll I provide two ALTs.
  • ALT1 ... that José built the first lodge of the Bronx in 2007?
  • ALT2 ... that José the beaver set up the first lodge of the Bronx in 2007? But those then I couldn't approve myself.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 07:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
    • listen, I'll tick 'em both, but if ALT0 is an accessible pun for everyun then the promoter's welcome to that too. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:36, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
      • Technically, ALT1 and ALT2 are not correct. "First in modern times" would be correct, but I actually like my original better. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:09, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
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