A fact from Barclays House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Barclays House in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975?
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... that the basement of Barclays House(pictured) in Poole, England, is unusable due to flooding and damp? Source: "the basement of Barclays House is below sea level. For years there has been water ingress. Nothing has been able to be stored in the basement, which even when not flooded was often damp and musty" from: "Rotten Boroughs:Regeneration Game". Private Eye. No. 1577. 15 July 2022.
ALT1: ... that Barclays House(pictured) in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975? Source: "the weight of the concrete carbuncle is so great that over time it has been sinking" from: "Rotten Boroughs:Regeneration Game". Private Eye. No. 1577. 15 July 2022.
Overall: Article moved to mainspace and nominated 10 August. Long enough and sourcing looks good. I prefer ALT1 but both hooks are interesting and cited in the article. QPQ completed so I believe we're GTG. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hi Mandarax, thanks for looking this over. Yes, I think this might be ENGVAR. We in the UK would never say "dampness" in this context, always "there's damp in the walls" or "I've got rising damp". Our article at Damp (structural) suffers from a mix of the two - Dumelow (talk) 20:59, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
(Just repeating PCN02WPS's tick so promoters know that this is nothing to cause a delay.) I thought that was probably the case, but I figured I'd ask to make sure. Thanks for the reply. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 22:10, 10 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Article moved to mainspace and nominated 10 August. Long enough and sourcing looks good. I prefer ALT1 but both hooks are interesting and cited in the article. QPQ completed so I believe we're GTG. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
(Just repeating PCN02WPS's tick so promoters know that this is nothing to cause a delay.) I thought that was probably the case, but I figured I'd ask to make sure. Thanks for the reply. MANdARAX XAЯAbИAM 22:10, 10 August 2022 (UTC)