Template:Did you know nominations/Nutty Narrows Bridge

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Nutty Narrows Bridge

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... that the first users of the Nutty Narrows Bridge "bombarded" people with peanut shells? Source: Longview Daily News
- ALT1: ... that the Nutty Narrows Bridge was dismantled before a visiting Japanese mayor could see it? Source: The Daily News
- ALT2: ... that the Nutty Narrows Bridge went unused on its first day, despite attempts to lure traffic with peanuts? Source: Longview Daily News
- ALT3: ... that the Nutty Narrows Bridge inspired a commemorative belt buckle? Source: The Daily News
- Reviewed: KRDG (AM)

Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 05:27, 14 February 2022 (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: @SounderBruce: Nice work on this page. The nomination only requires a QPQ before I can approve it Epicgenius (talk) 13:39, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Added QPQ. Also, do you think this would be a good hook to run on April Fool's Day? Sounder Bruce 07:23, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Thanks. Yeah, it might work as an April Fool's hook, since I don't think many people will expect this to be a squirrel bridge.

I'm approving any of these hooks, but I can ask the promoter to save this until April Fool's Day. Epicgenius (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

@Epicgenius and SounderBruce: I'll ping Gatoclass for a second opinion (still not totally comfortable walking on my own legs in DYKAPRIL!), but I think this would run better as a standard quirky? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 09:04, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

None of them would make great April Fool's hooks, but the first three might pass muster I guess. April Fools is likely to be markedly different from previous years given that (a) the C of E, the main contributor to AFD, has been banned from DYK, and (b) the overreaction of the community in imposing that ban, which has clearly had and is likely to continue to have a chilling effect on some of the more provocative hooks. So AFD may turn out to be comparatively tame this year, indeed there is arguably a questionmark over its continued viability. Time will tell I guess. Gatoclass (talk) 13:15, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, it is what it is, I suppose—I'm moving it to dykapril, but we can always release the hold if we amass better hooks in its stead. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 11:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

On reflection, I think ALT2 is quite good and will work well as an AFD hook. ALT0 is not too bad either. The other two are not AFD hooks IMO. Gatoclass (talk) 02:17, 24 March 2022 (UTC) Would this be acceptable for AFD?

ALT1b: ... that an American bridge was dismantled hours before a visiting Japanese mayor could see it? Source: The Daily News Sounder Bruce 04:44, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Is that supposed to be an AFD hook? Because if it is, it doesn't work for me at all, indeed I think it hardly works as a standard hook. Gatoclass (talk) 09:18, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Given that this missed the mark for April Fools Day, should it be in the quirky slot instead? I could rewrite the hooks if needed. Sounder Bruce 03:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

ALT2 to T:DYK/P1