Talk:Edward S. Harkness House

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A fact from Edward S. Harkness House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, its owner took the address from his neighbor?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward S. Harkness House.

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Did you know nomination

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 DimensionalFusion talk 20:22, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Edward S. Harkness House

... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, its owner took the address from his neighbor? Source: Gray, Christopher (September 20, 1992). "Streetscapes: Sidestreet Prestige; When Cachet Was Off 5th Ave". The New York Times.
- ALT1: ... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, the address of the neighboring building had to be changed? Source: Gray, Christopher (September 20, 1992). "Streetscapes: Sidestreet Prestige; When Cachet Was Off 5th Ave". The New York Times.
- ALT2: ... that stained-glass windows at the Edward S. Harkness House were meant to cover up a blank wall? Source: "A Dignified Type of the City House". The New York Architect. Vol. 5, no. 3. March 1911. p. 32.
- ALT3: ... that the design of the Edward S. Harkness House was once described as being "entirely free from exaggeration"? Source: The New York Architect 1911, p. 31.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Allison Reese

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 675 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 23:49, 13 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

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: The picture is fine and available to use, I see no sourcing issues with the article, its expansion is new enough, and I see no other problems preventing this from becoming a DYK. The first hook is the best one. @Epicgenius: Jon698 (talk) 01:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:29, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Epicgenius (talk · contribs) 22:51, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 22:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Well that was easy. I reviewed the whole page and only found one action item and a couple of very minor edits. Just a customary hold since this has sat so long to give the nominator time to look things over again. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know? If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.

Copy changes

The house's basement was damaged in 1924 after a water main broke, flooding the basement. Redundant phrasing: reword.

Oops, I have fixed this. Thanks for the review, @Sammi Brie. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing and spot checks

Reviewed: 2, 4, 17, 28, 44, 50, 63, 77 (A lot of specialty PQ I don't have access to this time, though the citations are to the right places.) To make up for this, I reviewed 18 and 42. No issues.

Images

All the photos are CC-licensed or public domain. I'm assuming the 1908 photo is so old enough it's PD anyway.

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