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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 Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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Potter Building

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  • ... that the Potter Building (pictured) was built with the most up-to-date fireproofing available because its predecessor burned down? Source: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 27.
    • ALT1:... that the Potter Building (pictured) replaced a structure that "made itself notorious the country over for burning up in the shortest time on record"? Source: NYCL p. 3
    • ALT2:... that during the construction of the Potter Building (pictured), the developer burned down two structures? Source: The New Potter Building

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:41, 25 March 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to me. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:43, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

  • Hi, I came by to promote ALT2, which is super hooky, but upon reading the article I realize it is more of an April Fools hook. Do you want to nominate it for then, or would you like to tweak it so it is more in style with our everyday hooks? Yoninah (talk) 19:53, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Yoninah, thanks for the query. I don't think ALT2 is quite hooky enough as an April Fool's hook (which wasn't my intention at all). How about this?
    • ALT3:... that during the construction of the Potter Building (pictured), the developer burned down two structures to test fireproofing methods? epicgenius (talk) 20:07, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
  • OK, I guess. Yoninah (talk) 20:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
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