Talk:Bronx Park

A fact from Bronx Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Bronx Park contains the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and what is believed to be New York City's only remaining uncleared forest?

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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) 05:46, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Bronx Park, one of New York City's largest parks, was created in 1888 to preserve lands that would soon become part of New York City? Sources: (1) Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995), The Encyclopedia of New York City, p. 166 (2) According to NYC Parks it is 718 acres which would make it the seventh (or eighth) largest park in New York City. The status of Freshkills Park is disputed.
- ALT1:... that Bronx Park, one of New York City's largest parks, was intended as the centerpiece of a system of parks within the Bronx? Source: Gonzalez, Evelyn (2004). The Bronx, p. 48.
- ALT2:... that Bronx Park contains what is believed to be New York City's only remaining uncleared forest? Source: Bronx Park Highlights - Bronx Park - the Forests of New York City : NYC Parks
- ALT3:... that Bronx Park contains the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and what is believed to be New York City's only remaining uncleared forest? Sources: Bronx Park Highlights; Bronx Park History

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Smuggler's Gulch

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting park, on excellent sources, no copyvio obvious. - Of the hooks, I like ALT1 best. I took the liberty to link The Bronx, because while New York is known, The Bronx may be known less. How about an image?? I'd understand mentioning Bronx Zoo in a hook, also pretty well known. (I was there!) - Suggestions for the article: the map on the left sandwiches the text, and the numbers are very small, - not really helpful unless you find a better position in the article. I'd prefer the bridge File:Bridge - panoramio (9).jpg over the East entrance pic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review. I've proposed ALT3 above, though it may not be as interesting. I also removed the map as unnecessary, since there's already an interactive map in the infobox. epicgenius (talk) 12:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at how often my hooks are criticised (see WP:DYK just today), I'm probabably the last person to talk about hook interest. You should't place it above my approval ;) - However, I confirm that it's approved, and I even prefer it. All others are also approved just in case a promoter thinks differently. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:01, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm offering a shortened version of ALT3 for consideration:

ALT3a: ... that Bronx Park contains uncleared forest in New York City, and the Bronx Zoo? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:36, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]