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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 15:27, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Queen Victoria Statue, Auckland
- ... that Auckland press rallied against a proposed children's hospital in favor of a statue of Queen Victoria? Source: https://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1698/, pg. 4 of the PDF version. "Initially, the hospital won favour, but this was opposed by the New Zealand Herald which demanded ‘a statue on the site of the flagstaff in the Albert Park."
Created by Generalissima (talk). Self-nominated at 03:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Queen Victoria Statue, Auckland; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Looks good to me, Generalissima. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️⚧️) 05:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Queen of Hearts and Generalissima: I cannot find Auckland press/news in the article. I do see that the New Zealand Herald favored the statue. Is the New Zealand Herald the same as the Auckland Press? Bruxton (talk) 16:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Bruxton: Small-p press, newspapers located in Auckland. The New Zealand Herald is an Auckland-based press publication. Generalissima (talk) 18:29, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- For accuracy can't we say the New Zealand Herald? I also think "opposed" may be better than "railed" because railed suggests a persistent campaign of protesting. It may also be considered a campaign since they conducted a reader poll - (albeit with a small sample of 2000 readers). The source is
...but this was opposed by the New Zealand Herald which demanded ‘a statue on the site of the flagstaff in the Albert Park... the response (slightly under 2000 replies) was considered disappointing, the statue won handsomely and a further public meeting endorsed the poll.
. I propose
- @Queen of Hearts and Generalissima: What do you think? Bruxton (talk) 18:49, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- I'd be okay with this. Generalissima (talk) 19:17, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- Fine by me. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️⚧️) 23:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Looks good to me, Generalissima. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️⚧️) 05:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)