Template:Did you know nominations/Colonial (Amtrak train)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:59, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Colonial (Amtrak train)

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• ... that the Colonial replaced a train that could not fill a single passenger car? Source: {{Sanders-Heartland}}, page 40, as cited in the text

• Reviewed: Chawne Kimber

Created by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:31, 22 October 2018 (UTC).

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: Done.

Overall: AGF on offline book source. Everything checks out, though I did have to make some formatting changes. SounderBruce 04:08, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

• I removed this from the prep area per a discussion on the DYK talk page. SL93 (talk) 16:57, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

• Here is the discussion:
• The hook fact lacks an inline cite. Also, the hook goes beyond what the article says, which is: The Newport News section was lightly used—usually not filling a single coach. Yoninah (talk) 11:19, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Indeed; that usually is essential. ——SerialNumber54129 16:48, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

The inline cite was at the end of the next sentence, but I have duplicated it at the end of the sentence used by the hook. Would ALT1: "...that the Colonial replaced a train that usuallyoften could not fill a single passenger car?" be an appropriate hook? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:39, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

• Yes, but I think the word "often" reads more smoothly here. Thanks for the inline cite; I couldn't check it myself because it's offline. Restoring tick for ALT1. Yoninah (talk) 11:56, 19 November 2018 (UTC)