Talk:Valencia Theatre

Valencia Theatre is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 16:43, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

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A fact from Valencia Theatre appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that New York City's Valencia Theatre (pictured) was sold to a church in 1977 for $1?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Valencia Theatre.

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@GoodDay, to explain my edit here, addresses in Queens use hyphens. The number before the hyphen typically corresponds to the nearest approximate numbered street/avenue to the west or north, while the number after the hyphen is the house number of that block. For example, this theater's address is 165-11 Jamaica Avenue; the nearest street to the west is 165th Street, and the house number is 11. While I understand the desire to follow the MOS, technically speaking, these are not endashes because 165-11 is a single address, not an address range.

I thought I should bring this up because you tried to change it back in 2021 as well. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:49, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron talk 18:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Valencia Theatre

... that New York City's Valencia Theatre, once known as the "Showplace of Long Island", was later sold for $1? Source: Rabin, Bernard (July 11, 1977). "Switch Valencia Seats to Pews". New York Daily News. p. 302., Maurer, Daniel (December 4, 2005). "Now Showing: God". The New York Times.
- ALT1: ... that New York City's Valencia Theatre was sold to a church in 1977 for $1? Source: Maurer, Daniel (December 4, 2005). "Now Showing: God". The New York Times.
- ALT2: ... that the Valencia Theatre was designated as a New York City landmark two decades after its previous owner opposed the designation? Source: Gray, Christopher (April 15, 1990). "Streetscapes: Jamaica's Valencia Theater; a Success Story Masks a Landmarks Law Quirk". The New York Times; Macfarquhar, Neil (May 26, 1999). "Former Movie Palace Is Named a Landmark". The New York Times
- ALT3: ... that the Valencia Theatre, once described as "very striking", was later considered one of its architect's "more modest designs"? Source: "Largest Jamaica Structure Rapidly Nearing Completion". The Brooklyn Daily Times. August 12, 1928. p. 38; Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 263.
- ALT4: ... that 17,000 people visited New York City's Valencia Theatre on its opening day? Source: Loew's Valencia Theater (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. May 25, 1999. p. 6
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bed Chem (2 QPQs)

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 687 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 16:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing... 5xexpanded, reads well, 2xQPQs provided, no copyvio issues, hooks are interesting, ALT1 reads easiest and interesting to me. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... Al hooks in article and folowed by citations containing hook fact (AGF on ALT4 reference). Copyvio issues all relate to titles and names so is okay. The whole article is very well written. Image is clear and free. Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 15:09, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]