Talk:New York Yacht Club Building

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 13:50, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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The New York Yacht Club Building

• ... that the New York Yacht Club Building is landlocked? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
  • ALT1: ... that the clubhouse of the New York Yacht Club is landlocked? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
  • ALT2: ... that the New York Yacht Club has a landlocked clubhouse in midtown Manhattan? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
  • ALT3: ... that the New York Yacht Club Building contains windows that are designed to resemble the sterns of 18th-century mans-of-war? Source: Voboril, Mary (February 22, 2001). "An Urban Ode To the Sea / With its nautical trappings and striking facade, the 100-year-old building that houses the New York Yacht Club is considered one of Manhattan's architectural gems". Newsday.
  • ALT4: ... that the New York Yacht Club Building contains hundreds of model boats, some of which "are as expensive as some yachts"? Source: Burke, Ted (September 1973). "The Private World of New York's Very Best Clubs". Town & Country. Vol. 127, no. 4611. p. 137.
  • ALT5: ... that some of the model yachts in the New York Yacht Club Building cost as much as actual yachts? Source: Burke, Ted (September 1973). "The Private World of New York's Very Best Clubs". Town & Country. Vol. 127, no. 4611. p. 137.
  • ALT6: ... that except for a party shortly after the New York Yacht Club Building opened, no woman entered its upper stories for 35 years? Source: "Yacht Club Plans 'ladies Day' Here; Doors of New York Group's House to Open to Women First Time Since 1901". The New York Times. March 14, 1936.
  • ALT7: ... that women did not enter the upper stories of the New York Yacht Club Building for 35 years? Source: "Yacht Club Plans 'ladies Day' Here; Doors of New York Group's House to Open to Women First Time Since 1901". The New York Times. March 14, 1936.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jalen Dalton

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:05, 1 November 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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great descriptive prose, incredible research. I wish Wikimedia could be invited in to capture the interiors. ALT7 is most radical. No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:57, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

• @No Swan So Fine and Epicgenius: The QPQ isn't done. Don't approve nominations when their QPQs haven't finished. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:27, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
  • Oops, sorry about that. I'll do a QPQ by tomorrow. Thanks for reviewing this nomination No Swan So Fine, I really appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 18:30, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
    • Just a heads-up that I've now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 16:38, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
      • Thanks :) No Swan So Fine (talk) 08:16, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
      • ticking for posterity theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 11:18, 13 November 2022 (UTC)