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Created by Dumelow ( talk). Self-nominated at 10:39, 18 August 2022 (UTC).
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Manually promoting ALT0 to Prep 2 – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Dumelow. A few months ago I learned about this fire and the Brooklyn Eagle story about it. It led me to start Rockwood & Company specifically to cover the fire/chocolate flood. The thing is, I only found one contemporary report about it (the Eagle, and the more recent articles that just briefly mention it via the Eagle), so it seemed to make a lot more sense to include it in an article about the company. Bonus: turns out it was the second largest chocolatier in the US and an interesting subject itself. It looks like you only found one other source, the Standard Union (which is a good find -- I certainly would've included it if I managed to find it). But why start a separate article with that source? Kudos on finding the pictures, too, but again it looks like they're more relevant to the main article than the fire. Independent notability seems tenuous IMO, but I guess I'm biased.
A proposal: I don't want to get in the way of your DYK (I've been kicking myself for letting time run out on basically the same DYK hook), but after it runs, let's merge the two and bring it up to GA together. I've been meaning to come back to it, and I would be derelict in my duties as a Wikipedian if I didn't use these photos and the additional source, but I'm also content to wait/discuss. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 11:51, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
These historical dollar conversions in general seem to hold little meaning. I live in a middle class suburb of a medium sized city and if my house burned down it would be over a million dollars in damage. It would make more sense to compare it to how much damage would be caused if a comparable structure burned down today. I imagine it would be well over the stated $1-1.5 million. 50.100.26.182 ( talk) 11:54, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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![]() | A fact from Rockwood & Company shipping department fire appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know column on 30 August 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk)
17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Created by Dumelow ( talk). Self-nominated at 10:39, 18 August 2022 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall:
Epicgenius (
talk)
12:38, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
Manually promoting ALT0 to Prep 2 – Kavyansh.Singh ( talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
Hi Dumelow. A few months ago I learned about this fire and the Brooklyn Eagle story about it. It led me to start Rockwood & Company specifically to cover the fire/chocolate flood. The thing is, I only found one contemporary report about it (the Eagle, and the more recent articles that just briefly mention it via the Eagle), so it seemed to make a lot more sense to include it in an article about the company. Bonus: turns out it was the second largest chocolatier in the US and an interesting subject itself. It looks like you only found one other source, the Standard Union (which is a good find -- I certainly would've included it if I managed to find it). But why start a separate article with that source? Kudos on finding the pictures, too, but again it looks like they're more relevant to the main article than the fire. Independent notability seems tenuous IMO, but I guess I'm biased.
A proposal: I don't want to get in the way of your DYK (I've been kicking myself for letting time run out on basically the same DYK hook), but after it runs, let's merge the two and bring it up to GA together. I've been meaning to come back to it, and I would be derelict in my duties as a Wikipedian if I didn't use these photos and the additional source, but I'm also content to wait/discuss. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 11:51, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
These historical dollar conversions in general seem to hold little meaning. I live in a middle class suburb of a medium sized city and if my house burned down it would be over a million dollars in damage. It would make more sense to compare it to how much damage would be caused if a comparable structure burned down today. I imagine it would be well over the stated $1-1.5 million. 50.100.26.182 ( talk) 11:54, 30 August 2022 (UTC)