Template:Did you know nominations/New York Gold Exchange

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

New York Gold Exchange

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5x expanded by Neutrality (talk). Self-nominated at 20:11, 9 December 2016 (UTC).

  • Expanded from 635 to 4271 bytes, and nominated one day after expansion began, satisfying length and date criteria. The fragment "The banishment of gold traders from the New York Stock Exchange" is partially incorrect, as source indicates it was gold trading that was banished, not specific traders. Source 3 states that "respectable merchants" used the market too, in addition to speculators; this is not mentioned in the article but probably should be. Everything else in the text is OK. Hook 1 is incorrect - the source states Congress banned gold speculation, a side-effect of which was the closing of Gilpin's; it did not ban the exchange itself. Original hook and ALT2 are sourced and of reasonable length. Overall, very minor tweaks need to be made to get this promoted. Mindmatrix 19:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
I forgot to note that QPQ has been completed. Mindmatrix 21:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Mindmatrix, for these thoughtful remarks. I've struck ALT 1 and offered a revised ALT 1.5 in its place. I've also made the minor tweaks to the article that you suggested. Neutralitytalk 22:01, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Updates to article are OK. All hooks are OK. Good to go. Mindmatrix 22:55, 18 January 2017 (UTC)