Template:Did you know nominations/Train lights
- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
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Train lights
- ... that the first train headlight was simply a bonfire on a train car pushed in front of a locomotive? Source: A History of the American Locomotive, by John H. White: "Two small flat cars were coupled in front of the locomotive. A bright fire of pine knots on a bed of sand on the first car and a simple sheet-iron reflector on the car behind comprised the headlight." [1]
- ALT1: ... that in the 19th century, the idea of putting headlights on trains was considered controversial? Source: The Day, "Locomotive Headlights" July 1, 1886. "On a road engine the headlight is of no earthly use to the engineer; it obstructs his vision so that he cannot see his switch lights, and I think that every thinking engineer will come to the conclusion that he would rather run in the night without a lamp, than with it, as he can see better in the dark." [2]
Created by Trainsandotherthings (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 3 November 2021 (UTC).
Good to go for the first hook. This review is for the first hook only, and not ALT1. Per the Reviewing guide at WP:DYKR, the ALT1 fact is not immediately followed by an inline citation in the article, so does not qualify at this time. Plus, I find the first hook to be much more interesting, and it likely would be to readers. The article is new and long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content is interesting and is verified with a citation to a reliable source in the article. North America1000 17:22, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
- Promoter's comment to @Northamerica1000: Hey there! While I did end up taking ALT0, because it is more interesting, you should know that hooks generally aren't rejected out of hand because they're not cited inline; if you ever take a gander at prep set building, you'll find that you have to cite a lot of people's hooks inline for them. Gentle nudges, or do it yourself, it's all good! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
