Template:Did you know nominations/Marble Arch Mound

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 04:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Marble Arch Mound

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The mound in July 2021

... that the Marble Arch Mound is a 25-metre high artificial hill that has been built in central London in 2021? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that the Marble Arch Mound in central London has been compared to the hill from Teletubbies? Source: [2]
- ALT2:... that the Marble Arch Mound opened in central London in July 2021, but immediately closed after complaints from visitors? Source: [3]

Reviewed: ~~QPQ to come~~ Template:Did you know nominations/SS Alpena (1942)
Comment: Started by Edwardx on 24 June, expanded by Lord Belbury and others a few days later. I've also expanded it significantly today. The main hook is written neutrally; ALT1 is rather more positive than ALT2, but most news stories right now seem to be about the closure.

Created by Edwardx (talk) and Lord Belbury (talk). Nominated by Mike Peel (talk) at 18:01, 30 July 2021 (UTC).

GTG, New, long & neutral enough. Well-written & interesting. All hooks check out. ALT2 is perhaps best. Earwig just piks up the quotes. The pic is ok to use (I'm sure it would be ok on Commons, Andrew). Johnbod (talk) 00:03, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Comment: I visited yesterday and took some photos. A selection have been added as a gallery and so we should consider which will work best on the main page for the DYK. I'd have gone up it to take a picture from the summit but it's not open for booking until 9th August now. The chap at the gate told me that some people got tickets early and they were being allowed in. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Andrew Davidson: You seem to have uploaded them to Wikipedia rather than to commons:Category:Marble Arch Mound - could you move them over please? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:07, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I expect such picture to be threatened with deletion on Commons as this is a temporary installation – they may be safer here. In any case, I always load my pictures here first and a bot or gnome usually then copies them. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:16, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I was wondering about the temporary installation. If that is a problem, then it would be a problem here as well as on Commons. Please upload them to Commons, as otherwise they can't be used on other wikis. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:23, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I followed the links for Commons upload and, after a few jumps, ended up at a page Upload your own work. This is limited to "Photographs or videos you have created of: natural landscapes, animals, and plants; people that are either public figures or are taken at public events; useful or non-artistic objects (tools, dinner plates, etc.)..." but these photos are not of a natural landscape, nor public figures, nor a useful object. It appears that I would not even be able to upload pictures of my back garden to Commons as its pond is man-made, rather than natural. So I'm still inclined to stick to what works. In any case, the next volunteer task on my to-do list is to upload some Parkrun photos to Flickr and I expect this to be comparatively trouble free. See the path of least resistance... Andrew🐉(talk) 21:20, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Looking at that page, I do not see the words 'limited to' anywhere - I see a non-exhaustive list of some examples. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 08:07, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson and Mike Peel: I believe what you are concerned about is the freedom of panorama; you can read about it on Commons, but the short of it is that this mound probably qualifies as 3D artwork and that's ok to photograph in the UK (as is everything publicly accessible). Kingsif (talk) 04:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)