Template:Did you know nominations/London, Huron and Bruce Railway

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:28, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

London, Huron and Bruce Railway[edit]

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... that traffic on the London, Huron and Bruce Railway was so dominated by farm produce that it was nicknamed the "Butter and Egg Special"?

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 17:43, 15 February 2018 (UTC). Cite by Patrick 1993, page 26. Reviewed Lower Bell.

The hook is cited (at the paragraph) level in the article. The link is broken at the time I checked, however, the ISSN number verifies the existence of the source and the Huron County Historical Society seems legit and RS so GF on source. Article was created today, is long enough, and new enough. No image. Earwig shows 3.8% copyvio likelihood. The only outstanding matter is the need for a QPQ. Chetsford (talk) 06:22, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
- @Chetsford: It looks like the template got messed up. User:Maury Markowitz reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Lower Bell at 17:50, 15 February 2018. Argento Surfer (talk) 18:43, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Got it - good to queue, then! Chetsford (talk) 18:47, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

There is no cite behind the quoted hook fact. Gatoclass (talk) 15:16, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

This rule has to go. DYK should not get to override MOS. Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:02, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Huh? Last time I checked, it was also a MOS rule that there must be a cite directly behind a quote, per this example. But thanks for adding the cite, I guess this is ready for promotion now. Gatoclass (talk) 07:54, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

It's not a quote, it's a nickname, and that still doesn't change the fact there is a rule here that shouldn't be. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:47, 18 February 2018 (UTC)