Talk:Siddington, Gloucestershire

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Did you know... that the lock flight (pictured) in Siddington, Gloucestershire has lain abandoned for almost 100 years, but restoration is now planned?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:37, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

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The Siddington Locks on the Thames and Severn Canal

... that the lock flight (pictured) in Siddington, Gloucestershire, has lain abandoned for almost 100 years, but is part of a plan to be restored? Source: "The canal was abandoned in 1927" [offline source]; "The Cotswold Canals Trust aims to restore the Thames and Severn Canal [...] which would bring the lock flight through Siddington back in to full operation." [1][2]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Cakebread

5x expanded by MIDI (talk). Self-nominated at 13:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC).Reply

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: Article is recently 5x expanded, well sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. Pic is free to use and clear (thanks for donating it). QPQ is done. Hook is cited and is interesting. Lajmmoore (talk) 21:57, 7 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

- Added MOS:GEOCOMMA in the hook. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 05:26, 9 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Kavyansh. MIDI (talk) 10:47, 9 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

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