A fact from N54 road (Ireland) appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling through
Northern Ireland?
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The result was: promoted by
Bruxton (
talk) 20:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)reply
... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the
Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without travelling through
Northern Ireland first? Source: "There is no road from the Republic directly to Coleman's Ireland ... This stretch of the N54 continues for 3.5 kilometres before the road again crosses into the North"
[1]
ALT1: ... that if a criminal travels to
Coleman's Island on the N54 road, they are untouchable and no police can get to them? Source: As above, plus "This is the stretch of road where the criminal is untouchable. Neither the gardaí nor the PSNI can enter this area."
Overall: @
Ritchie333: Good article. Though, i'm not seeing where the final part (the fly-tipping part) is mentioned in the source provided. Also, should the route be sourced?
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 18:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Onegreatjoke: The fly-tipping is from the Journal source - "One crossing seemed to have become a trouble-spot for fly-tipping – the piles of rubbish dumped in ditches just a few feet across the border, on the Northern side." - but the cite was wrong (it said "journal" in the wiki text, but pointed to the Irish Mail source, so it would look verifiable when editing, but not when reading. D'oh!) The route was added by
Jnestoriushere and AFAIK the sources used were the Irish Statute Book references added in that edit. So I believe the information is sourced, just not with inline cites. I've changed it to prose with inline citations instead.
Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 10:48, 17 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Approve as everything looks fixed.
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 02:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)reply
A fact from N54 road (Ireland) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2023 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling through
Northern Ireland?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IrelandWikipedia:WikiProject IrelandTemplate:WikiProject IrelandIreland articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Highways, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
highways on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HighwaysWikipedia:WikiProject HighwaysTemplate:WikiProject HighwaysHighways articles
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
Bruxton (
talk) 20:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)reply
... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the
Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without travelling through
Northern Ireland first? Source: "There is no road from the Republic directly to Coleman's Ireland ... This stretch of the N54 continues for 3.5 kilometres before the road again crosses into the North"
[1]
ALT1: ... that if a criminal travels to
Coleman's Island on the N54 road, they are untouchable and no police can get to them? Source: As above, plus "This is the stretch of road where the criminal is untouchable. Neither the gardaí nor the PSNI can enter this area."
Overall: @
Ritchie333: Good article. Though, i'm not seeing where the final part (the fly-tipping part) is mentioned in the source provided. Also, should the route be sourced?
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 18:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)reply
@
Onegreatjoke: The fly-tipping is from the Journal source - "One crossing seemed to have become a trouble-spot for fly-tipping – the piles of rubbish dumped in ditches just a few feet across the border, on the Northern side." - but the cite was wrong (it said "journal" in the wiki text, but pointed to the Irish Mail source, so it would look verifiable when editing, but not when reading. D'oh!) The route was added by
Jnestoriushere and AFAIK the sources used were the Irish Statute Book references added in that edit. So I believe the information is sourced, just not with inline cites. I've changed it to prose with inline citations instead.
Ritchie333(talk)(cont) 10:48, 17 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Approve as everything looks fixed.
Onegreatjoke (
talk) 02:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)reply