Talk:Scarborough Town Hall

A fact from Scarborough Town Hall appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its town hall (pictured)?

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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 Vincent60030 (talk) 18:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Scarborough Town Hall, Victoria statue and coast

... that Scarborough Town Hall (pictured) is a red brick Jacobean Revival mansion with a view over the town's South Bay?
- ALT1:... that the Jacobean Revival Scarborough Town Hall was built as a private home before being converted in 1903?
- ALT2:... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its Town Hall (pictured)?

Reviewed: Surface tone

Created by Rcsprinter123 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:41, 21 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Rcsprinter123, I'll take a look at this one. "Jacobean Revival" is not mentioned in the main body of text and isn't sourced; neither is "red brick" or "views over South Bay", though that's probably more obvious; otherwise the hooks check out; article is new enough and long enough; article is cited inline throughout; image is free and appropriate; a QPQ has been carried out; I still have to check for any paraphrasing issues, hopefully be back later - Dumelow (talk) 11:52, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have added Jaocobean into the Architecture section, where it is covered, along with red-brick, by the NHLE ref at the end of the paragraph. I think the 'view over the bay' part is self-explanatory by its position on the map and photographs, etc. Rcsprinter123 (collogue) 13:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think that's fine. I added the Victoria statue image to the article as that is a DYK requirement; the alternative showing the town hall alone is also useable. Theres a few bits that are closely worded from the Civic Society source:

"a member of a prosperous and influential Scarborough family"
"red brick with stone dressings, string courses, cornice and parapet"
"and who had inherited the property in 1879, offered St Nicholas House to the Corporation, which purchased the building for £33,575"
"to accommodate the council chamber and other offices"
"youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, formally opened the Town Hall and unveiled the new bronze statue"

Rcsprinter123: Would you mind taking a quick look at these to see if they can be reworded a bit? - Dumelow (talk) 16:21, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some rewording to the points as suggested. Hopefully acceptable now. Thanks Dumelow. Rcsprinter123 (blab) 22:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I think that's fine now - Dumelow (talk) 06:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]