Template:Did you know nominations/Brooklyn Street Circuit

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Alex Shih ^Talk 12:12, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Brooklyn Street Circuit

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ALT0:... that in 2017, the Brooklyn Street Circuit hosted the New York ePrix, New York City's first major automobile race since 1896? Source: AM New York "New York City doesn’t have much of a racing history. In fact, the city's most notable race dates back to 1896."
- ALT1:... that New York City officials approved the New York ePrix, which was raced on the Brooklyn Street Circuit, only because it did not have air or noise pollution? Source: NY Times "...New York officials approved the race only because the cars do not contribute to air or noise pollution."
- ALT2:... that the New York ePrix's planners considered building a track on Governors Island, Central Park, or Liberty State Park before deciding to build the Brooklyn Street Circuit in Red Hook, Brooklyn? Source: Bklyner "Governors Island and Liberty State Park (in New Jersey) were considered and ruled out, as was Central Park since laying down the temporary 1.2 mile course would have required cutting down some trees"
- ALT3:... that in 2017, the Brooklyn Street Circuit hosted the New York ePrix, New York City's first automobile race since 1896? Source: Same as ALT0.

Reviewed: Carmen Cincotti (1/2), Golden Tea Room (2/2)

5x expanded by Tdorante10 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 04:20, 18 July 2017 (UTC).

The article has been more than 5x expanded, going from under 500 characters to over 5,000. The article is long enough, formatted well enough and is well-cited. I looked at the references supporting the three possible hooks, along with refs 5, 9, and 20, and spotted no issues with verifiability or close paraphrasing related to the article. ALT1 and ALT2 look to be go to go once a QPQ review is done. For the main hook, though, I don't see any evidence in the article or the given citation that the 1896 race would qualify as "major"; it wasn't an event in one of the major series listed in the article, and such a hook may lead to questions about whether Formula E is considered a major racing circuit. Since the source says it was the first race period since 1896, I'd suggest removing that one word from the hook as it is my personal favorite of the three. Fix that and do a QPQ review and this should be all set. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:34, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Thank you for doing the review of this article. I'm done with my QPQ now. Additionally, I reworded the main hook (ALT0), and the revised hook is ALT3. Does that work for you? ALT3 is my favorite, but if you don't like it, then I prefer ALT1. epicgenius (talk) 01:26, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

ALT3 is good to go. ALT1 and ALT2 are also ready, although I agree with the nominator that ALT3 is my favorite of the bunch. Giants2008 (Talk) 13:09, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Is it too late to also nominate 2017 New York City ePrix for DYK? It is newly created and I want to bold it in the hook. If you are wondering about a QPQ, I can poach my review for Golden Tea Room from one of my other nominations. Also pinging @MWright96 and Wild8oar:, principal editors of that article. epicgenius (talk) 18:18, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

ALT4:... that in 2017, the Brooklyn Street Circuit hosted the New York City ePrix, New York City's first automobile race since 1896? Source: Same as ALT0.

Note: ALT4 is the same as ALT3, but with New York ePrix now bolded for this to be a double hook. Giants2008 already approved the hook, so I will strike all hooks but ALT4 to clarify for the promoting editor. Also, I did an Earwig check for copyvio on the new article, and it looks OK. DYKmake and DYKnom templates made for the additional article. — Maile (talk) 00:15, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

The 2017 New York City ePrix article is newly expanded and more than long enough, and is in quite good shape overall. The hook fact is in the new article as well, and the page as a whole is well-cited, as the first article was. I checked refs 9, 10, and 40, and found one minor verifiability issue to fix: ref 9 doesn't give the name of the Brooklyn Street Circuit, which its second usage is citing. One of the sources from the track's article should be able to fix the problem. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:25, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

@Giants2008: Thanks for doing the re-review, and sorry for changing it at the last minute. I just had to reword the text so the link to the circuit is next to the source that actually mentions the circuit. I also transferred the QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 02:50, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix and for transferring the credit. ALT4 is good to go now. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:43, 22 July 2017 (UTC)