Template:Did you know nominations/Lake Street station (Arlington, Massachusetts)

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The result was: promoted by Dying (talk) 11:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Lake Street station (Arlington, Massachusetts)

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... that the agent at Lake Street station won several prizes for his floral displays on the station grounds? Source: Boston Globe, October 1, 1905
- ALT1: ... that Lake Street station was originally Pond Street station? Source: Pondering the origin of "Spy Ponders"
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Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:03, 13 January 2023 (UTC).

Reviewing... Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:07, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
@Pi.1415926535: Honestly, these hooks are bland. maybe the first hook can work but the second hook definitely isn't. Can you come up with another hook? Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Onegreatjoke: Unfortunately, there's not a lot exciting about this station. I was hoping the lake/pond pairing would be funny, but I may have overestimated how funny I am. If you don't think there's any worthwhile hooks, I can withdraw. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:55, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

I'll ask for a second opinion to see. But for now, I don't believe the hooks are interesting enough. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:34, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

I'll admit that ALT1 got a small chuckle out of me, but it's probably a non-starter. ALT0 had potential, but without any pictures to show said displays, I'd agree that ALT0 isn't the greatest hook out there. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:25, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Since this nomination has been stuck for a while, I'd reiterate that I think the original hook is only good if there were good pictures of said floral displays. I see that there's one in the article, but I don't think it would work well for the main page. Otherwise, yeah I think there isn't a path forward for this nomination unfortunately. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:50, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

The source cited doesn't actually say anything about the station, just about the name of the street (sigh). But I think we can still save an ALT1 variant as a "quirky" hook (Lake, Pond, cute, don't overthink it). Proposing:

ALT1a: ... that Lake Street station was originally on Pond Street?

Requesting new reviewer for ALT1a. Cielquiparle (talk) 22:19, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Cielquiparle: the article doesn't say that the station was on pond street in the body, could that be fixed? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Pinging Pi.1415926535, it's not Cielquiparle's problem. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 00:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: How does it look now? Pi.1415926535 (talk) 07:36, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: source says that the street was renamed; is it BLUESKY that the station comes with it? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 10:22, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Perhaps a bit BLUESKY, but the 1870 and 1875 railway guides (sources 6 and 7) do show the renaming as well. (1870 guide shows "Pond Street", 1875 shows "Lake Street".) Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:49, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

good to go, then :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:14, 18 February 2023 (UTC)