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
97198 (
talk) 05:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park was designed for musical performances, which were later held at another location due to bad acoustics? Source:
Prospect Park
ALT1:... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park, designed for musical performances, turned out to be unsuitable for that purpose due to bad acoustics? Source: Prospect Park
ALT2:... that Concert Grove in New York City's Prospect Park contains busts of notable composers and other figures, as well as an abandoned Oriental Pavilion? Source:
Prospect Park Handbook
Interesting history, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I guess "no link" to Prospect park is intentional? I like ALT1 best, and much better than ALT2. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:05, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
@
Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review. I forgot to add these links.
epicgenius (
talk) 15:45, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but I think you could write something less narrative and more hooky, like:
ALT3: ... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is actually a sculpture garden, since its acoustics were bad for musical performances?Yoninah (
talk) 21:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
@
Yoninah: I like your ALT3. How about this?
epicgenius (
talk) 21:25, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT4 ... that Concert Grove, in New York City's
Prospect Park, was converted into a sculpture garden because its acoustics were bad for musical performances?
ALT5... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics were bad for musical performances?
Thank you. I prefer ALT5. Pinging original reviewer
Gerda Arendt to review ALT5.
Yoninah (
talk) 21:29, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
but not sure that we need the commas. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 22:18, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT5a: ... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics turned out to be bad for musical performances?
Yoninah (
talk) 22:41, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
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
97198 (
talk) 05:54, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park was designed for musical performances, which were later held at another location due to bad acoustics? Source:
Prospect Park
ALT1:... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park, designed for musical performances, turned out to be unsuitable for that purpose due to bad acoustics? Source: Prospect Park
ALT2:... that Concert Grove in New York City's Prospect Park contains busts of notable composers and other figures, as well as an abandoned Oriental Pavilion? Source:
Prospect Park Handbook
Interesting history, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I guess "no link" to Prospect park is intentional? I like ALT1 best, and much better than ALT2. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 15:05, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
@
Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review. I forgot to add these links.
epicgenius (
talk) 15:45, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but I think you could write something less narrative and more hooky, like:
ALT3: ... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is actually a sculpture garden, since its acoustics were bad for musical performances?Yoninah (
talk) 21:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
@
Yoninah: I like your ALT3. How about this?
epicgenius (
talk) 21:25, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT4 ... that Concert Grove, in New York City's
Prospect Park, was converted into a sculpture garden because its acoustics were bad for musical performances?
ALT5... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics were bad for musical performances?
Thank you. I prefer ALT5. Pinging original reviewer
Gerda Arendt to review ALT5.
Yoninah (
talk) 21:29, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
but not sure that we need the commas. --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 22:18, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT5a: ... that Concert Grove in New York City's
Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics turned out to be bad for musical performances?
Yoninah (
talk) 22:41, 28 November 2019 (UTC)