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
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The result was: promoted by
HalfGigtalk 02:26, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
... that
Rheidol, a former locomotive on the
Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, was originally called
Treze de Maoi, after the date
slavery was abolished in Brazil? Source: The Plynlimon & Hafan Tramway by EA Wade, Twelveheads Press, 1997, [The locomotive] "was named Treze de Maoi, which is Portuguese for the 'Thirteenth of May', the date of the [legal abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888"
ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Article was created less than seven days ago (26 February 2017) at the time of its nomination; contains ~2757 characters of readable prose; contains inline citations (and the hook statement is appropriately cited); offline citations can be accepted
in good faith. QPQ done. Earwig shows that violation is "unlikely." Hook strikes me as interesting enough and appropriate according to guidelines. Well done. — AJDStalk 09:53, 4 March 2017 (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
HalfGigtalk 02:26, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
... that
Rheidol, a former locomotive on the
Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, was originally called
Treze de Maoi, after the date
slavery was abolished in Brazil? Source: The Plynlimon & Hafan Tramway by EA Wade, Twelveheads Press, 1997, [The locomotive] "was named Treze de Maoi, which is Portuguese for the 'Thirteenth of May', the date of the [legal abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888"
ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Article was created less than seven days ago (26 February 2017) at the time of its nomination; contains ~2757 characters of readable prose; contains inline citations (and the hook statement is appropriately cited); offline citations can be accepted
in good faith. QPQ done. Earwig shows that violation is "unlikely." Hook strikes me as interesting enough and appropriate according to guidelines. Well done. — AJDStalk 09:53, 4 March 2017 (UTC)