Template:Did you know nominations/Woodside, Old Windsor

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:42, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Woodside, Old Windsor

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The main entrance to Woodside

• ...that Elton John has a dinosaur named Daisy in his garden (pictured)? Writing the Garden: A Literary Conversation Across Two Centuries pg. 236
  • ALT1:... that Daisy the dinosaur lives with Elton John? Daisy source as per ALT1
    • ALT2:...that Elton John's donkeys live in a miniature castle? "Outdoors, the designers built a folly for donkeys and a pony—a small castle that echoes the lines of Windsor Castle, visible three miles away"
      • ALT3:...that Elton John's house has burnt down three times? Source as per ALT2 "Since then it had burned down and been rebuilt at least three times"
        • ALT4:...that Elton John's house has a waterfall, an art gallery, a castle for donkeys, a Melbourne tram, and a dinosaur called Daisy? "Welcome to the art gallery that Elton John and David Furnish built" and "it has waterfalls cascading down one wall", Donkey source as per ALT2, "Through the window, parked on a manicured lawn, one can see the Melbourne tram that Elton acquired", Daisy source as per ALT1

• Reviewed: William Bliss Baker

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk) Philafrenzy (talk) Edwardx (talk). Nominated by No Swan So Fine (talk) at 16:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC).

• Date and length fine. I like ALT1 as I think it is quite good and I AGF on book source. @No Swan So Fine: Would you fancy this for April fools Day? QPQ is done with no close paraphrasing. Please wait for NSSF's response before promoting. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:38, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Absolutely for 1 April, thankyou! No Swan So Fine (talk) 07:56, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

• Honestly, I don't see how this an April 1 hook. I'd say it's more suited to be a last-slot ("quirky") hook in a normal set. EEng 04:34, 26 March 2018 (UTC)