Talk:Boom Hall

A fact from Boom Hall appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Boom Hall was named after a defensive structure on the River Foyle that was breached during the 1689 Siege of Derry?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 11:40, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Breaching the boom in 1689

... that Boom Hall was named after a defensive structure on the River Foyle that was breached during the 1689 Siege of Derry (pictured)? "Boom Hall takes its name from an incident during the Siege of Derry in 1689, when ships burst through a floating beam placed in the river at Culmore and lifted the siege"" from:""Nooks and Corners". Private Eye. London: Pressdram Ltd. 6 November 2020. p. 23.
- ALT1:... that the varying sizes of rooms in Boom Hall possible arose from changes made to the plans by the builder after the death of the architect? "The unusual variations in the size of the rooms, which, asnoted above, suggests that the architect’s plans may have been adapted by the builder (Ferguson et al 1970,54), is consistent with Boom Hall having been builtafter Priestly’s death." from p161 of:*MacDonald, Philip; McAlister, Grace (2012). "Archaeological Investigations of the Seventeenth-century Military Landscape at Boom Hall, County Londonderry". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 71: 150–165. ISSN 0082-7355.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Salt River

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:10, 15 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

*Reviewed. source and hook good to go! StickyWicket (talk) 10:47, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

StickyWicket, you should provide a review that explicitly confirms that the five main DYK criteria have been met. An optional Reviewer's Template is located above the edit window. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 18:42, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed. New enough, article created on 13th November and nominated on 15th November. Long enough too and within policy, with inline citations. Hook is good and interesting and matches the citation. Good to go! StickyWicket (talk) 17:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]