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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
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:21, 21 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Art Deco transverse arches of Union Church 4th generation building
... that the Union Church in Hong Kong was temporarily moved to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Officers Mess from 1945 to 1949? Ref: "In 1945, the pre-war building in Kennedy Road was considered unsafe for congregation and the Church was temporarily moved to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Officers Mess in Garden Road until 1949." from Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board document
ALT1:... that the Sanctuary of the Union Church in Hong Kong had transverse arches in the Art Deco style? Ref: "Internally, the Sanctuary has impressive transverse arches in Art Deco style." from Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board document
Comment: This building is interesting for several reasons: Union Church was established in Hong Kong 1844, just after Hong Kong became a British colony (1842). It is still active and had 4 church buildings in 3 locations so far, plus a time during which the church "disappeared" (hook 1). The 4th generation building, despite being a Grade III historic building has been destroyed in 2017 and will be replaced by an apartment building with a church in the lower floors (that will be the 5th generation!).
Date and length fine. Hooks are fine but my preference is for the original hook. QPQ is not needed as nominator only has 2 credits. No close paraphrasing, picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 09:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)reply
A fact from Union Church, Hong Kong appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Hong Kong, a project to coordinate efforts in improving all
Hong Kong-related articles. If you would like to help improve this and other Hong Kong-related articles, you are invited to
join this project.Hong KongWikipedia:WikiProject Hong KongTemplate:WikiProject Hong KongHong Kong articles
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
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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
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:21, 21 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Art Deco transverse arches of Union Church 4th generation building
... that the Union Church in Hong Kong was temporarily moved to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Officers Mess from 1945 to 1949? Ref: "In 1945, the pre-war building in Kennedy Road was considered unsafe for congregation and the Church was temporarily moved to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Officers Mess in Garden Road until 1949." from Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board document
ALT1:... that the Sanctuary of the Union Church in Hong Kong had transverse arches in the Art Deco style? Ref: "Internally, the Sanctuary has impressive transverse arches in Art Deco style." from Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board document
Comment: This building is interesting for several reasons: Union Church was established in Hong Kong 1844, just after Hong Kong became a British colony (1842). It is still active and had 4 church buildings in 3 locations so far, plus a time during which the church "disappeared" (hook 1). The 4th generation building, despite being a Grade III historic building has been destroyed in 2017 and will be replaced by an apartment building with a church in the lower floors (that will be the 5th generation!).
Date and length fine. Hooks are fine but my preference is for the original hook. QPQ is not needed as nominator only has 2 credits. No close paraphrasing, picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 09:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)reply