Talk:Dumb Woman's Lane

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:32, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

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Street sign of Dumb Woman's Lane

• ... that ex-Beatle Paul McCartney wrote a poem about Dumb Woman's Lane? Source: Paul McCartney; Paul Muldoon (2023). The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present. Liveright. ISBN 9781324094685.
  • ALT1: ... that Paul McCartney wrote a poem about Dumb Woman's Lane and recited it to Spike Milligan?
  • ALT2: ... that a Beatle wrote a poem about a Dumb Woman?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Clair Cline
  • Comment: ALT2 is a bit clickbaity - I'm not sure about it. Furthermore, I have considered an alternate hook could be interesting about the source of the name itself, however I am struggling to write a snappy interesting "fact" as the sources are ambiguous, with two different reasons given for the name. Suggestions welcome!

Created by ResonantDistortion (talk). Self-nominated at 08:12, 18 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dumb Woman's Lane; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article checks out in terms of newness and length, don't see any sourcing, neutrality, or copyvio issues. I think the initial hook is interesting, and it checks out with the source; but do we need to specify that he was an ex-Beatle? I think most audiences would be at least tangentially familiar with Paul McCartney. Generalissima (talk) 04:05, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

• Thank you for the review @Generalissima:. How about we simplify the ALT0 hook to the proposed ALT3 below? ResonantDis_tortion 07:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

ALT3: ... that Paul McCartney wrote a poem about Dumb Woman's Lane (pictured)?

@ResonantDistortion: this looks good! Generalissima (talk) 16:44, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Apostrophe

The sign doesn’t have an apostrophe, but our article uses it consistently. This should be explained in the article. Onceinawhile (talk) 06:27, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

I am thinking this page should be moved to Dumb Womans Lane. We should not be correcting the spelling mistake. Red Jay (talk) 11:41, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Follow the sources, which include the apostrophe - for example: [1], and [2], and [3]. Note in this image of an alternate sign, it does feature the apostrophe.

. ResonantDis_tortion 11:55, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Maybe that should appear on the article instead, if it is allowed. Red Jay (talk) 13:05, 17 February 2024 (UTC)