Talk:Henry T. Sloane House

Henry T. Sloane House is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 17:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

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A fact from Henry T. Sloane House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the adjacent Jennings and Sloane Houses comprise New York City's largest single-family residence?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oliver Gould Jennings House.

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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 Bruxton talk 04:57, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Jennings House (left) and Sloane House (right)

... that the adjacent Jennings and Sloane houses comprise New York City's largest single-family residence? Source: "Qatar Is On an Upper East Side Townhouse Tear". The Observer. February 3, 2014.
- ALT1: ... that New York City's largest single-family residence, the adjacent Jennings and Sloane houses, belongs to Qatar? Source: "Qatar Is On an Upper East Side Townhouse Tear". The Observer. February 3, 2014.
- ALT2: ... that New York City's largest single-family residence, the adjacent Jennings and Sloane houses, was once a French school? Source: "Qatar Is On an Upper East Side Townhouse Tear". The Observer. February 3, 2014; McGeveran, Tom (August 19, 2002). "Merde! Lycee Buys Toxic Dump". The New York Observer. p. 1.
- ALT3: ... that though a French school tried to sell the adjacent Jennings and Sloane houses for US$51 million, the emir of Qatar eventually paid half that amount? Source: "Qatar Is On an Upper East Side Townhouse Tear". The Observer. February 3, 2014; McGeveran, Tom (August 19, 2002). "Merde! Lycee Buys Toxic Dump". The New York Observer. p. 1.
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- Comment: I can propose individual hooks if none of the above are satisfactory. Epicgenius (talk) 15:15, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 655 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Both articles are fully sourced, and DYK eligible. The first hook is, I feel, the most interesting. No evidence of copyvio on either. The sourcing and the QPQs check out on this. Image is correctly licensed. Seems like we're good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]