Talk:Hove Library

Did you know nomination

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 Vaticidalprophet talk 14:26, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that as well as books, Hove's first public library featured a disembowelling knife and a Japanese executioner's sword? Source: Judy Middleton (2002), An Encyclopaedia of Hove and Portslade, volume 7, page 127 (offline source: scan can be provided). "The library premises were embellished by a display of weapons including a Japanese executioner's sword, a disembowelling knife and some assegais..."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Mancuso
  • Comment: QPQ is pending: should be done within the next 48 hours, all being well now done. Created in mainspace today after development in a mixed-use sandbox. Source is currently ref [2]; see the "Grand Avenue and Third Avenue" section under "History".

Created by Hassocks5489 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:49, 13 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hove Library; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Reviewing... el.ziade (talkallam) 10:26, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice read, I will be going over the sources while nominator does a QPQ review.

• Please remove duplicate links outside the lead (Hove Town Hall, Public Libraries Act 1850, Brighton and Hove; link only first occurence.
• Consider adding archive links (not a DYK nom requirement).
• No copyvio detected.
• QPQ review pending. el.ziade (talkallam) 10:50, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

• • Thanks for your review. QPQ now provided and overlinking sorted (I think I've removed all instances). I have archived the 2 National Heritage List for England links, but unfortunately the NHLE template doesn't supported archive-url and archive-date parameters (perhaps these should be added?). I'll try to work out a way of including the archive links in the refs. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 17:02, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
    • @Elias Ziade: A reminder to follow-up with this nomination. Z1720 (talk) 14:25, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
      • Sorry for the delay. I couldn’t verify sources properly. Everything else checks out. Passed in good faith.el.ziade (talkallam) 15:01, 24 September 2023 (UTC)