Talk:Stone Street (Manhattan)

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Review: July 17, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Stone Street (Manhattan) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that to attract commercial investment, stones were installed on Stone Street in New York City?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Bilorv (talk) 02:27, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Stone Street

... that to attract commercial investment, stones were installed on Stone Street (pictured) in New York City? Source: Dunlap, David W. (December 6, 2000). "Commercial Real Estate; Turning an Alley Into a Jewel". The New York Times.
- ALT1:... that a part of modern-day Stone Street in New York City was the first cobbled street in New Amsterdam? Source: "Stone Street Historic District". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 25, 1996. pp. 3-4 (The portion of the street pictured was not part of the first cobbled street in New Amsterdam).
- ALT2:... that the footprint of a skyscraper was relocated to preserve the historic path of New York City's Stone Street? Source: DiMona, Darcy (September 21, 1981). "The bull and the China Shop: a landmark encounter". New York Daily News. pp. 99, 103.
- ALT3:... that the historic path of New York City's Stone Street can be traced through the lobby of a skyscraper? Source: Dunlap, David W. (May 5, 1996). "Jump-Starting a Historic District". The New York Times.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Villa Tammekann

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 04:55, 25 February 2021 (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: Done.

Overall: Why was I not informed of this street's existence on my trip to the Big Apple? Well done with the article expansion, which passes with flying colors. I think ALT2 is the weakest of the bunch, and ALT1 and ALT3 are equally great in terms of broad public interest. Sounder Bruce 05:07, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 01:20, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add alt text to every image being used.
Add a comma after "listed on the National Register of Historic Places".
Add a hyphen between "gable roofed".
"at a cost of" → "for"
"in an effort to" → "to"
Remove the comma after "Stone Street facades".
Wall Street Journal → The Wall Street Journal
Wikilink David W. Dunlap and Christopher Gray.
Sort categories in alphabetical order.
Ping when done. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 20:04, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Some Dude From North Carolina, thanks. I have done all of these. Epicgenius (talk) 17:00, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]