Talk:Sam H. Harris Theatre

Sam H. Harris Theatre has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: April 17, 2023. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Sam H. Harris Theatre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sam H. Harris Theatre.

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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 Lightburst (talk) 20:10, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when New York City's Candler Theatre was renamed, one journalist said it was because people kept mispronouncing its name? Source: Henderson, Mary C.; Greene, Alexis (2008). "The story of 42nd Street : the theaters, shows, characters, and scandals of the world's most notorious street". p. 165
- ALT1: ... that when New York City's Candler Theatre was renamed two years after its opening, one journalist said it was because people kept mispronouncing "Candler"? Source: Henderson, Mary C.; Greene, Alexis (2008). "The story of 42nd Street : the theaters, shows, characters, and scandals of the world's most notorious street". p. 165
- ALT2: ... that the Sam H. Harris Theatre, built in 1914 to accommodate both Broadway shows and films, only screened films for its last six decades? Source: Various in article; principally Henderson & Greene (2008).
- ALT3: ... that the Sam H. Harris Theatre, built in 1914 to accommodate both Broadway shows and films, only screened films from 1933 until its demolition in the late 1990s? Source: Various in article; principally Henderson & Greene (2008).
- ALT4: ... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum? Source: McBride, Murdoch (October 15, 1998). "Good progress on 42nd Street". Back Stage. Vol. 39, no. 41. p. 3; Collins, Glenn (April 20, 2000). "Coming Soon: The Wax Menagerie; Tussaud's Is Giving Times Square Something New to Gawk At". The New York Times.
- Reviewed: Association for Union Democracy

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sam H. Harris Theatre; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. Just waiting on a QPQ Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:33, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review. I have done a QPQ for this nom and for Mansfield Hotel. Epicgenius (talk) 15:18, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:40, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]