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
Joofjoof (
talk) 08:16, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
... that the decision not to include a duck with the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley led to "possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist"? "The original version of the statue had a mallard waddling nicely at Gresley’s feet, a visual pun to remind us of the engineer’s famous achievement. Instead, it became the centre of possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist." from: Jack, Ian (16 January 2016).
"Duck and cover: there's no row like a railway enthusiasts' row". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 19:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC).
Date and length fine. My preference is for the original hook. QPQ is done, no close paraphrasing. Picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 20:15, 17 January 2021 (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
Joofjoof (
talk) 08:16, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
... that the decision not to include a duck with the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley led to "possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist"? "The original version of the statue had a mallard waddling nicely at Gresley’s feet, a visual pun to remind us of the engineer’s famous achievement. Instead, it became the centre of possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist." from: Jack, Ian (16 January 2016).
"Duck and cover: there's no row like a railway enthusiasts' row". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 19:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC).
Date and length fine. My preference is for the original hook. QPQ is done, no close paraphrasing. Picture licence fine. Good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 20:15, 17 January 2021 (UTC)