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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 History6042 talk 20:40, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Medway Street footbridge

Twisted bridge in 2011
Twisted bridge in 2011
    • Reviewed: 2025 St. Louis tornado and Modulightor Building
    • Comment: If the reviewer does not find this interesting enough, I could create a hook about how the twisted bridge currently sits on the river bank to serve as a memorial.
Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 76 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 05:08, 25 May 2025 (UTC).

  • I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 14:58, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
  • The article is new enough (moved to mainspace on 25 May 2025), is long enough (1953 characters of prose), has no apparent copyright issues (sources #1, #2, #5, #7, and #9 checked), and is presentable (per readthrough). The hook is cited, somewhat interesting, and short enough. I like your suggestion, if you'd add "old" at the beginning and add something about the memorial at the end, I think that could work. Could you propose an alternative hook? The image license seems in order, but I don't think this photo is clear at diminished size, I would prefer the other photo in the article. QPQ not yet complete, this nomination requires a second review due to "unreviewed backlog mode". Could you do another review? – Editør (talk) 15:31, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
Ok I've just finished my other review and have added it. Will propose an alternate hook later today. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:45, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
ALT1:
"... that after the old Medway Street footbridge became twisted (pictured) in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, it was turned into a memorial?"
It was only a section of the bridge if we're being pedantic but I think we can leave it out of the hook. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:48, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
That ("part") could be easily fixed, plus some minor copyedits after reading ALT1, I propose ALT2 with the other photo that is more clearly recognisable as a bridge while clearly being twisted:
Medway Street footbridge
Medway Street footbridge
What do you think? – Editør (talk) 09:17, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
Oh yeah that works although I think there's a missing "of it" after "part". ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:45, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
With that fixed you get:
Approve ALT2b with second photo. – Editør (talk) 11:19, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
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