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Did you know... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building(pictured), "were there such a function as a public
incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
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The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk) 05:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce wrote of the Richards Building, "were there such a function as a public
incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"? Source:
[1]
Doing... -
Nizil (
talk) 07:14, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I found topic and text interesting. New, long enough, cited, neutral, qpq done, hook cited, free images. I am yet to verify text. I find hook less interesting and has a long quote in it. Can suggest more hooks? Regards,-
Nizil (
talk) 08:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The image needs some cropping to look better at 100x100 size. You may add infobox and talkpage if you like, not necessary for DYK. -
Nizil (
talk) 08:30, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The quote was the reason I wrote the article. It's not every day that a Cabinet member tells Congress that a government building should be burned down. I can crop the image as needed.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 17:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I think the hook kicks ass, lol. jp×g 03:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
OK. Someone else is finding hook very interesting then I am approving it. Hook is cited inline and verified.-
Nizil (
talk) 04:35, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The word "incendiary" may be unfamiliar to some people, so I added a wikilink.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 04:39, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the link. It made it more clear. No copyvio detected. Hook was verified from snippet in Google Books. Please crop the image and I will approve. Regards,-
Nizil (
talk) 06:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Please add location coordinates where it existed, if possible (not necessary for DYK but good for building article).-
Nizil (
talk) 06:45, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Nizil Shah and
JPxG: I added my best guess at coordinates and filled out the infobox a bit more. I've also cropped the image.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 21:01, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Cropped image looks good. Thank you for adding coord. I enjoyed reviewing your nomination. Good to go. -
Nizil (
talk) 05:59, 17 December 2020 (UTC)reply
A fact from Richards Building appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building(pictured), "were there such a function as a public
incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the
United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Architecture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Architecture 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.ArchitectureWikipedia:WikiProject ArchitectureTemplate:WikiProject ArchitectureArchitecture 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
SL93 (
talk) 05:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce wrote of the Richards Building, "were there such a function as a public
incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"? Source:
[1]
Doing... -
Nizil (
talk) 07:14, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I found topic and text interesting. New, long enough, cited, neutral, qpq done, hook cited, free images. I am yet to verify text. I find hook less interesting and has a long quote in it. Can suggest more hooks? Regards,-
Nizil (
talk) 08:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The image needs some cropping to look better at 100x100 size. You may add infobox and talkpage if you like, not necessary for DYK. -
Nizil (
talk) 08:30, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The quote was the reason I wrote the article. It's not every day that a Cabinet member tells Congress that a government building should be burned down. I can crop the image as needed.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 17:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)reply
I think the hook kicks ass, lol. jp×g 03:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
OK. Someone else is finding hook very interesting then I am approving it. Hook is cited inline and verified.-
Nizil (
talk) 04:35, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The word "incendiary" may be unfamiliar to some people, so I added a wikilink.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 04:39, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the link. It made it more clear. No copyvio detected. Hook was verified from snippet in Google Books. Please crop the image and I will approve. Regards,-
Nizil (
talk) 06:37, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Please add location coordinates where it existed, if possible (not necessary for DYK but good for building article).-
Nizil (
talk) 06:45, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Nizil Shah and
JPxG: I added my best guess at coordinates and filled out the infobox a bit more. I've also cropped the image.
John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (
talk) 21:01, 16 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Cropped image looks good. Thank you for adding coord. I enjoyed reviewing your nomination. Good to go. -
Nizil (
talk) 05:59, 17 December 2020 (UTC)reply