Talk:Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

A fact from Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza (pictured) when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 22:32, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza in 2023

... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza? Source: Coleman, Chrisena (December 3, 1997). "Katie, Bar the Door". Daily News. New York.
- ALT1: ... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza when New York City officials canceled plans to expand it? Source: Coleman, Chrisena (December 3, 1997). "Katie, Bar the Door". Daily News. New York.
- ALT2: ... that Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, intended as an approach to the UN headquarters, was instead characterized as "in many ways an empty gesture"? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press.
- ALT3: ... that Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza and Ralph Bunche Park have been described as "the soapboxes to the world"? Source: Myers, Steven Lee (November 26, 1991). "Pay Attention When I'm Protesting!". The New York Times.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Benz (group)
- Comment: QPQ pending. Transpoman converted the page from a redirect to an article, and I added some info afterward.

Created by Transpoman (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 16:24, 9 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Doing... ミラP@Miraclepine 18:07, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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:

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

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Created six days before nom, prose at 9321 B as of last revision, prefer the ALT0 over ALT1. All I need is a QPQ and I'll approve the hooks. ミラP@Miraclepine 18:22, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Miraclepine: Thanks for the review, and sorry for the long wait. I have now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 23:05, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: And with that,

all hooks approved with AGF on inaccessible sources. ミラP@Miraclepine 01:12, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]