Talk:Dawnus

A fact from Dawnus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2019 collapse of Welsh construction company Dawnus caused gridlock in part of Manchester as equipment was left in the highway?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 18:10, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 2019 collapse of Welsh construction company Dawnus caused gridlock in part of Manchester as plant was left in the highway? Source: "Manchester was left gridlocked on Tuesday and Wednesday after workers stopped in protest at 'not being paid' by Dawnus. They were working on a major project in the city centre when they left four large diggers and a truck in the middle of a road." from: Deacon, Thomas; Farell-Roig, Estel (14 March 2019). "City gridlocked as construction firm Dawnus 'fails to pay workers'". WalesOnline. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Luke Pope

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:46, 22 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out, but I would suggest to the promoter replacing "plant" with "equipment" or "heavy equipment"; I was given the distinct impression they had left plants in the road, and I suspect a lot of US readers would too. ALT0a with this change made below. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:37, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0a: ... that the 2019 collapse of Welsh construction company Dawnus caused gridlock in part of Manchester as equipment was left in the highway?