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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 Lightburst (talk01:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Abingdon County Hall
Abingdon County Hall
  • ... that today, to mark the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, Abingdon Town Council will throw thousands of currant buns from the roof of the County Hall (building pictured)? Source: "Bun throwing in Abingdon is staged to celebrate major Royal occasions, and now it will return to mark the King's Coronation. There will be a bun throwing in the market place on Sunday, May 7 at 4pm as part of the weekend of Royal celebrations." from: Ffrench, Andrew (12 April 2023). "Bun throwing is back in Abingdon". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 13 April 2023. and "Bun throwings are held to mark a royal occasion and Councillors in full ceremonial robes climb to the top of the County Hall and throw several thousand currant buns down at the chanting crowds filling the Market Place below." from: "Bun throwing". Abingdon on Thames Town Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:56, 13 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Abingdon bun throwing; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: You need to add (pictured) to ALT0. Which is the one I am inclined to recommend. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:03, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review Gog, I've added the "pictured" - Dumelow (talk) 06:08, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]