- 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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 22:19, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
Nominated too long after creation/move to mainspace; closing after being withdrawn
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El Paso Star
The El Paso Star illuminated at sunset
- ... that the El Paso Star (pictured) can be seen from up to 100 miles (160 km) away by air? Source: "But the star can be seen from up to 100 miles away by airline passengers." [1]
Created by Bsoyka (talk). Self-nominated at 04:37, 28 May 2021 (UTC).
- "a reminder to people on both sides of the nearby Mexico–United States border" is stated in the lead but not mentioned or cited in the main body of the text
- You state in the lead that "The five-point star consists of 459 bulbs" but the only mention in the main body is that it had 459 lights in the 1940s and is cited to a 1949 article. Do you have a more recent source that confirms the curren tversion has 459 lights?
- The passage "In 2010, the city council voted to approve a 50-year lease with 88 Investments Inc., the company that owns the land that the star resides on. Rather than paying rent, the city would pay taxes of about $1,200 per year on the land." is not cited. The wording about the city paying taxes is a bit strange to me, presumably they just exempt the landowner from having to make tax payments?
- The section headers are a bit strange to me, why 1950-46, 1970-1993 and 2007-2010? The star seems to have existed between these spans also?
- The lead also says the star is currently maintained by the chamber of commerce. This isn't mentioned in the main text (only that they maintained it from 1993). It strikes me as strange that they would maintain it if they donated the star to the city in 2009.
- Passage "This allowed easy control of the star without requiring a crew to physically go up the Franklin Mountains." is uncited
Request withdrawn My apologies – I should not be allowed to edit while tired. The article was created on April 21, not May 21, so it doesn't meet the criteria for DYK. Thank you so much for the helpful review though – I'll work on those things.I'm not too familiar with the process for closing a nomination, so if someone could take care of that, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm very sorry about this. Bsoyka (talk · contribs) 13:47, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
