Template:Did you know nominations/Lyons Pool Recreation Center

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:37, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Lyons Pool Recreation Center

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Exterior of the Lyons Pool Recreation Center

... that the Lyons Pool Recreation Center uses pumps to keep its pool area from filling with seawater? Source: "$3,541 Bid to Replace Pool Pumps". Staten Island Advance. February 28, 1963. p. 17.
- ALT1: ... that the New York City Council approved a plaque at the Lyons Pool Recreation Center because visitors did not refer to the facility by its name? Source: "Slosson Post Supports Buck on Rubenstein". Staten Island Advance. July 17, 1947. p. 11.
- ALT2: ... that at one point, the Lyons Pool Recreation Center had three employees whose only job was to monitor water filters? Source: Franz, William (August 6, 1963). "Lyons Pool Kept Clear and Clean by Round-the-Clock Filtering". Staten Island Advance. p. 3.
- ALT3: ... that the Lyons Pool Recreation Center was once called one of "the most important, most colorful and busiest spots" on Staten Island in the summer? Source: Freed, Sandra (April 30, 1966). "Island's Pools Soon Will Be Busy". Staten Island Advance. p. 20.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Daughter's Daughter
- Comment: Thanks to theleekycauldron for suggesting ideas for two of these hooks.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 679 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:52, 7 October 2024 (UTC).

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: Well done! Personally, I'd prefer ALT2 or ALT3 for the hook, but they are all great choices. Henni147 (talk) 07:09, 9 October 2024 (UTC)