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Hey! When I created this page, I used the name Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, because it was unused. Yet, I was considering changing it to reflect the fact that it is the ND one, sine there are many replicas and the original one in France with the same name. I see it referenced as "Notre Dame Grotto" or "Grotto at Notre Dame", but I think the title should also contain the reference to Our Lady of Lourdess. So I came up with some proposals. Ideas?
Grotto of Our Lady of Lordes, Notre Dame
Grotto of Our Lady of Lordes, University of Notre Dame
Grotto of Our Lady of Lordes (Notre Dame)
Grotto of Our Lady of Lordes (University of Notre Dame)
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.
Comment: If it can be arranged, I would like this to run as a special-occasion hook on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11) or on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1).
Overall: @Red-tailed hawk: Intereseting read. It's wonderful to see how far the article has come in shuch a short time. I'm going to assume good faith with the offline source, but other than, everything chekcs out. Approving; I'll let the DYK promoters deal with the special date request. Unlimitedlead (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk and Eccekevin: Slight problem here in that the hook actually contains more information than the article does. Would you be able to add in the article, at least one sentence explaining the significance of the original grotto and the story re: Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Bernadette? At the moment, the article seems to assume that the reader already knows the story, or that they will click to another page to read about it. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:13, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk I think the first sentence or at least the first paragraph has to clarify the location of the University of Notre Dame. Not everyone will know it's in the United States (even though it is very famous) – in this case it's extra confusing since the original grotto was in France. (Side note: Stubs aren't allowed to run on the main page/DYK, so in future please get the article rated beforehand. Might be worth adding more relevant WikiProjects above as well.) Thanks! Cielquiparle (talk) 05:56, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Does the location being listed in the infobox work to reduce that confusion? The reason I omitted it from the first paragraph of the lead is that it makes the prose fairly clunky. I can see if I can try to work it into the later paragraphs of the lead to include the information whilst not clunking up the phrasing. — Red-tailed hawk(nest)06:29, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk: Intereseting read. It's wonderful to see how far the article has come in shuch a short time. I'm going to assume good faith with the offline source, but other than, everything chekcs out. Approving; I'll let the DYK promoters deal with the special date request. Unlimitedlead (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2022 (UTC)