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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk03:46, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brooklyn Central Library
Brooklyn Central Library

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 22:37, 6 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library); 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

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. waiting on QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:57, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review. Sorry about the delay - I totally forgot, and I have added a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 21:33, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Argenti Aertheri (talk · contribs) 00:34, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

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Last updated at 2024-02-12 15:58:40 by Cewbot

See what the criteria are and what they are not

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Comments:

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Finished through until "Current design", only one issue so far:

  • "Local residents wanted the building's development to be accelerated so the BPL's research collection could be relocated there." - source [1] makes no mention of the research collection
    • The source says "many priceless volumes are being ruined or damaged and many more are constantly inaccessible". The volumes are from the research collection, but it's only mentioned in other sources. I will remove it. Epicgenius (talk) 21:22, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • If you want to keep it you could go for something like: Local residents wanted the building's development to be accelerated so the BPL's currently* inaccessible collection could be relocated there. (* except not "currently" because it was a hundred years ago) ~ Argenti Aertheri(Chat?) 00:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        I've changed it to "Local residents wanted the building's development to be accelerated, as many volumes in the BPL's collection were being damaged or were inaccessible". – Epicgenius (talk) 00:40, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Current library section:

  • "Between April and June 1936, about 200,000 people signed a petition asking PWA secretary Harold L. Ickes to approve money for the building, By then, Ingersoll described the Central Library as the highest-priority "needed improvement" in Brooklyn." - You want one sentence here, or two?
  • "and an adult-service room" - that sounds like something very different than what is intended!
  • "The Central Library's biography–history–travel and language–literature departments were moved to another part of the building in February 1971, after part of the second floor had been renovated, and the art–music and audiovisual divisions were moved that October." - I know the source used hypens, but those should probably be commas
    • In my opinion, this would make it sound like the biography/history/travel department (for example) is actually three different departments, rather than a single department. Same with language/literature and art/music. Epicgenius (talk) 15:22, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Epicgenius: Ah, I thought they were separate departments, perhaps art/music, etc, is better? Everything else looks great. ~ Argenti Aertheri(Chat?) 16:15, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Yep, I have done that. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:24, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Perfect! ~ Argenti Aertheri(Chat?) 16:27, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Architecture section:

  • Wikilink "Virginia alvarene stone" and "fluted pilasters"?
  • "it could fit about one million[296] or two million books in its stacks.[137] ... The stacks could hold about a million books.[123][181]" - what's going on here, did everyone just give different estimates?
  • "Brooklyn Community Foundation Lobby at the rear of the basement.[298]" - dead link, will try to fix it myself Done

Rest:

  • "Although Christopher Gray of The New York Times wrote in 2004 that the building was an "impressive, Moderne-style, wedge-shaped structure" but that its "impressive site is in fact one of its biggest disadvantages" because of the high amounts of traffic on Grand Army Plaza." - that's not quite a sentence

@Epicgenius: Looks pretty good! Just a couple minor things, ping me once you fix those and I'll happily pass it ~ Argenti Aertheri(Chat?) 04:20, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Argenti Aertheri: Thanks for the review. I have fixed all of these issues now. Epicgenius (talk) 15:22, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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