Talk:75 Wall Street

A fact from 75 Wall Street appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that an excavation for 75 Wall Street (pictured) revealed an old crock linked with a leader of the Tammany Hall political machine?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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75 Wall Street

... that by April 2020, Andaz Wall Street (building pictured) only had $20,000 in its operating account, amid pandemic closures in New York City? Source: Business dried up as a result of the pandemic, and by April there was only $20,000 in the hotel’s operating account, court papers show.
- Reviewed: Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria

Created by Feminist (talk) and Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 05:01, 26 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

@Feminist: Not a review, but I think there may be some other hooks worth adding for this article. I can take a look. Epicgenius (talk) 18:38, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, I welcome any suggestions. feminist #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 (talk) 18:39, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - No problem. Unfortunately I can't review the article anymore, as I just added some more details. However, as for hook ideas, I propose these:
    - ALT1: ... that when 75 Wall Street was built in the 1980s, it was Wall Street's first new building in 15 years? Source: Salpukas, Agis (April 12, 1984). "Barclay's Will Build a Headquarters on Wall St". The New York Times
    - ALT2: ... that an excavation for 75 Wall Street revealed an old crock linked with the founder of the Tammany Hall political ring? Source: Dunlap, David W. (April 7, 1988). "250,000 Glimpses of 18th-Century New York". The New York Times.
  - There's probably still a bit more that can be said about this building, so I can propose even more hooks shortly. Epicgenius (talk) 19:26, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Wow that's a significant expansion, thank you for filling in the details about the building's office use. I've credited you for this DYK nomination as well. feminist #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 (talk) 04:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Review:

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - ?

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: In general, the article looks good. As usual, I have done some minor copyediting. All three hooks appear to be accurate. ALT2, which I have also copyedited slightly, is my favourite; the others seem (to me) to be a little bit conventional. My only quibble is about the headings/sub-headings: "Hotel and condominium conversion" and "Conversion and 2010s operation" appear to be effective duplicates, and I suggest that one of them be deleted (if the deletion is of the heading, then the sub-heading should be converted into a heading); also, either the sub-heading "COVID-19 pandemic" should be converted into a heading, or some amendments should be made to the heading "Hotel and condominium conversion" so that that sub-heading falls within its amended scope. Bahnfrend (talk) 09:53, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The second heading has been changed to "Hotel and condominium use" to address the issue of duplication with "Conversion and 2010s operation". Is that enough? I'd prefer to keep the headings as-is: the first section covers the building while it was exclusively offices, whereas the second section covers the building after it has been converted into a mixed-use development. feminist🇺🇦 (talk) 16:00, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Indeed feminist, that was my intention after I added the information about the building's office use.
  Bahnfrend, thanks for the review. I forgot to mention that I had changed the heading yesterday, sorry about that. Epicgenius (talk) 15:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with the headings as amended. The DYK now looks good to go. Bahnfrend (talk) 07:57, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 to T:DYK/P7