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A fact from High Point, Bradford appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that High Point has been described as "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/High Point, Bradford.

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The result was: promoted by Edge3 (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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High Point in 2007

... ~~that High Point is "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot" and "utterly freakish"?~~ Source: "A Sixties development in Bradford called High Point is described as "utterly freakish, the severed head of some Japanese giant robot clad in a West Yorkshire stone aggregate" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20210104215941/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/guide-new-ruins-great-britain-owen-hatherley-2339977.html Christopher Hirst, The Independent, Review: A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, By Owen Hatherley, 23 October 2011)

Reviewed: Terry Grosz

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 00:05, 5 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very nice submission and interesting read from a prolific editor. I would suggest tweaking the hook as follows:

ALT 1 ... that High Point has been described as "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot"? StonyBrook (talk) 16:02, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's much more concise! No Swan So Fine (talk) 12:05, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]