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Wyman Park Building

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... that Johns Hopkins University and the City of Baltimore agreed to demolish the former Baltimore U.S. Marine Hospital in 1987, and then changed their minds in 2019?

Source: "After merging with the hospital in the 1980s, Hopkins administrators asked the city to change zoning for the property and create a Planned Unit Development, or PUD... [which was] approved by the mayor and Baltimore City Council... [that allowed] replacement of the hospital. Last fall, Hopkins asked the city council to repeal the 1987 PUD... Yesterday, Baltimore’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to repeal the PUD," Also, from Johns Hopkins 2008 master plan, "Long-term redevelopment hinges on demolition of Wyman Park Building."

- Reviewed: Plutonium(III) oxalate

Created by Antony-22 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 165 past nominations.

Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 02:36, 11 May 2026 (UTC).

I'll review this one. Gb321 (talk) 21:51, 13 May 2026 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very good article and DYK. Fun hook, <3% copyvio, well cited, etc etc etc.

My only issue is that the text in the DYK's piped link is not written in that form anywhere in the article ("Baltimore Marine Hospital" in DYK versus "United States Marine Hospital in Baltimore" in article). Additionally, having both "City of Baltimore" and "Baltimore Marine Hospital" in the DYK means "Baltimore" is written twice, which seems unnecessary.

I think there is an easy fix:

Alt 0a: that Johns Hopkins University and the City of Baltimore agreed to demolish the city's Marine Hospital in 1987, and then changed their minds in 2019?

Outside this one minor issue, the DYK is ready to go. Gb321 (talk) 22:08, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gb321: It's not a requirement of WP:HOOK that the display text of the wikilink appear in the article. In DYK hooks, even "easter-egg" or descriptive links are very common. I can change the text in the article if you really want; the exact naming of Marine Hospitals isn't standardized in the sources.

ALT0a is fine, but the link needs to also include the text "the city's..." because the link is to the specific hospital and not U.S. Marine Hospitals in general. (Also adding "former" to both hooks, and adding "U.S." to distinguish between the federal and city-owned hospitals by the same name.) I still think ALT0 is within the hook rules though. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 23:04, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

ALT0b: that Johns Hopkins University and the City of Baltimore agreed to demolish the city's former U.S. Marine Hospital in 1987, and then changed their minds in 2019?

@Antony-22: I agree with your rationale that ALT-0b is the better option. I think the addition of "former" is good too.

I do think that the word "Baltimore" doesn't need to be in the DYK twice, so even if it is not required for the linked text to be exactly what is written in the article, ALT-0b is still my preferred choice. ALT-0 is good though. I think we can move forward with both and let whoever uses it in the preparation stage choose. Gb321 (talk) 02:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gb321: I mean, the other hooks have "the city" twice, which doesn't feel like an improvement to me. But if you approve ALT0 and ALT0b and let the promoter decide, that's fine with me. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 05:17, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gb321: Don't forget to place the {{subst:DYKyes}} puck if you're approving these, otherwise the bot won't recognize it. Or let me know if you have further comments. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 03:34, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

whoops, sorry. adding now Gb321 (talk) 02:18, 19 May 2026 (UTC)