Talk:Olympic Tower

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:11, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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Olympic Tower

• ... that New York City's Olympic Tower (pictured) was meant to reflect St. Patrick's Cathedral but instead gave the city "the back of its hand"? Source: (1) Sabol, Blair (December 1, 1975). "Gossip: Trashcan Revival/The great European love affair—with America/SuperSue and movie fun... - JANUARY 1976". Vogue. pp. 96–97. (2) Huxtable, Ada Louise (January 26, 1978). "The Sabotaging of Public Space". The New York Times.
  • ALT1:... that the head of the New York City Planning Commission threatened to revoke the certificate of occupancy for Olympic Tower (pictured) because its public atrium was not being used enough? Source: "The City". The New York Times. August 15, 1979.
  • ALT2:... that Morris Lapidus begged for two years to design New York City's Olympic Tower (pictured), only to be fired after a special zoning district was created in the nearby area? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/UEFA Euro 1968 Final
• Comment: more hooks pending

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 22:40, 23 June 2021 (UTC).

Length and history verified. All online refs verified, rest taken in GF. No copyright issues. Images good. Only issue is that in ALT1, reference shows it was not the Robert F. Wagner Jr. who was mayor, but rather his son, who was never mayor but at the relevant time chaired the city's Planning Commission. The hook needs to be so amended. Daniel Case (talk) 04:38, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: Whoops, I did not realize I made that mistake. That is a good catch - I sometimes get confused between the two. I have fixed it now. Epicgenius (talk) 23:31, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Good to go now. Daniel Case (talk) 04:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 23:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 23:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• Move "Use" templates below the hatnote.
• Add alt text to every image being used.
• "the most dense" → "the densest"
• "a wind blew" - is the "a" necessary?
• Don't use colons in the sentence starting with "Law firm".
• Capitalize "President" before Corazon Aquino.
• Wikilink The New York Times, John Tierney (journalist), Mimi Sheraton, Bill Geist, and Sarah Lyall.

Progress

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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@Some Dude From North Carolina: Thanks. I've fixed all of these. Epicgenius (talk) 19:05, 9 July 2021 (UTC)