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Did you know nomination

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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A petting farm at the Queens Zoo
A petting farm at the Queens Zoo
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 671 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 18:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC).[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 eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Legoktm (talk) 06:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Overall great article, ALT2 is my favorite hook, then ALT1, ALT0, ALT3, ALT4. All check out regarding sourcing and are . The image doesn't really work at the low resolution IMO, I think one of the aviary shots would be better. Some assorted comments since I read the whole article, but are minor and don't block the DYK approval:
    • The Animals section starts with "The zoo is home to as many as 112 species as of 2013" (and in the infobox); is there really no updated figure 10 years later?
    • "The administration of mayor Ed Koch and the New York Zoological Society signed a fifty-year agreement" - did the administration really sign the agreement and not the mayor himself? The NYT source says the mayor signed it.
    • Many animals are not wikilinked on first reference in the Description section, but later are during the Animals section - was there a reason for that?
    • I'm low-key skeptical that the non-free logo in the infobox adds anything, it basically just says the zoo's name. Legoktm (talk) 06:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for the review. I added some links and changed the text about the agreement to reflect the source. The logo is outdated, so I removed it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a more recent figure for the number of species (at least, not one that mentions a date). Epicgenius (talk) 14:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Passed. Matthew Yeager (talk) 02:45, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Nominator: Epicgenius (talk · contribs) 03:21, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Matthew Yeager (talk · contribs) 02:05, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Next up for review. Feedback expected over the next day or so. Matthew Yeager (talk) 02:05, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Handful of updates for your review, beyond template parameters. Will mark as passed, afterwards. Matthew Yeager (talk) 22:39, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Section:History

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  • Please provide blackouts wiki-linked to power outage: blackouts.
  • The weeds managed to grow even though security was hired to patrol the grounds :) I'm not sure both of those phrases connect back to the lack of funding, but you tell me.
Article: The renovation ultimately was finished in 1991, but the zoo remained closed because of a lack of funding from the city government.[114][115] Weeds started to grow in the zoo due to a lack of maintenance,[116] though the Zoological Society had hired security guards to patrol the site.[117]
  • Gates of Life are a set of ornamental, bronze grillwork gates. They were crafted by a sculptor, but perhaps they would be better described as the entrance gates. NYC Parks - Gates of Life. FYI: Attribution (CC BY 2.0) Flickr Photo of the gate if you have interest in displaying it.
Article: The main entrance has a sculpture by Albino Manca and Clarke & Rapuano, known as Gates of Life.
Sadly there is no freedom of panorama for artwork in the US. The image itself may be freely licensed, but it cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia unless the sculpture is also freely licensed or in the public domain. Epicgenius (talk) 00:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Section:Description

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  • First paragraph within Aviary has aggressive in-sentence citation. Would you please review the paragraph for consistency with the wider article? With the triple digit citation numbers appearing at most pieces of punctuation, lots of space has become distracting from the prose.
  • Sentence should end with a period after quail: peacocks, Chinese pheasants, and quail,[44] After the zoo reopened in 1992,

References

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  • Ref 5 - |url-status=dead and the archive is also dead. Please update to an alternative archive link which provides the pdf.
  • Ref 169 is to http://maps.nyc.gov/. I hoped the share functionality would retain the location, zoom, and selected lot but it doesn't seem to have that capability. I don't think this is a good enough reference.
    • Unfortunately, this is occasionally a problem for maps published by municipal and state governments. I changed the URL and added an instruction to "search for '53-51 111th St, Corona, NY, 11368, USA'" to the ref. Technically, providing instructions is discouraged, but I don't see any other way around it. Epicgenius (talk) 00:57, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

|url-access=limited

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  • "Home at Last; Queens Botanical Garden Has a New Permanent Headquarters in Flushing". The New York Times.
  • "Fair Offers Plan for Park System; Moses Urges Use of Profit for Queens Network". The New York Times.
  • "Council Puts Off Fair's Park Plan; Attempts to Divert Funds From Schools Blocked". The New York Times.
  • "Moses' Proposals for Queens Park Still Opposed". The New York Times.
  • "Officials Weigh Tighter Security at Zoos in Parks". The New York Times.
  • "Park in Queens to Get $80 Million Restoration". The New York Times.
  • "New Focus Is Planned for Prospect Park Zoo". The New York Times.
  • "Zoo Story: A Q.-And-A. Stroll in Queens". The New York Times.
  • "What's 3 Letters and Zoologically Incorrect?". The New York Times.
  • "Arts Groups Are Reeling in Wake of the Attacks". The New York Times.
  • "Mayor's Plans Ask for Closing Of 2 City Zoos". The New York Times.
  • "Public Lives; Can a Brooklyn Baboon Make a Life in the Bronx?". The New York Times.
  • "Classes at 2 Zoos Falling Victim To City's Fiscal Law of Jungle". The New York Times.
  • "The Bronx Zoo Is Also Empty, But the Animals Don't Mind". The New York Times.
  • "F.y.i." The New York Times.
  • "Streetscapes: The Queens Aviary; A Great Outside Interior Space". The New York Times.
  • "Family Fare; The Wild West Moves East". The New York Times.
  • "Family Fare". The New York Times.
  • "Playing in the Neighborhood". The New York Times.
  • "Where Family Trees Grow a Little Differently". The New York Times.
  • "Where City Children Can Have a Wild Time". The New York Times.
  • "Neighborhood Report: Corona; Coyote, A Wily Survivor, Is Alpha at His Zoo Home". The New York Times.
  • "Nine Ways to Recharge During the U.S. Open Tennis Championship". The New York Times

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  • "Ranking New York City's Smaller Animal Kingdoms; Beyond the Bronx Zoo, Other Boroughs Also Have Animal Kingdoms". The Wall Street Journal.
  • "NY zoos exhibit new plan". Crain's New York Business.
  • "Foul Lot to Fair: A Saga by Moses". The New York Times.
  • "Moses Plans 26 Roadside Parks And a New Zoo at Site of the Fair". The New York Times.
  • "Life Stirs Anew at Fairgrounds; Redeveloped Queens Park Scheduled to Open June 3". The New York Times.
  • "$50 Million Plan Urged for Parks; Morris Outlines Program to Begin Early in 1967". The New York Times.
  • "Mayor Envisions Pools on Rivers; $25.6-Million Parks Budget Also Asks Night Tennis". The New York Times.
  • "Moses Gets Down to Earth in Opening World's Fair Site for Zoo". The New York Times.
  • "Park on Fair Site Due in December; Last 23 Doomed Buildings to Be Torn Down by July". The New York Times.
  • "Moses Gives City Fair Site as Park; Flushing Meadows in Queens Becomes the 2D Biggest Recreation Area Here". The New York Times.
  • "Moses Helps to Open First Queens Zoo". The New York Times.
  • "Another Opening, Another Closing for Moses". The New York Times.
  • "Woman Rides Herd on Queens Zoo". The New York Times.
  • "City's 3 Zoos to Be Taken Over By New York Zoological Society". The New York Times.
  • "Churchill's Paintings and Other Mementos to Be Shown at the Fair; Model of His Study Will Be Center of Hallmark Display". The New York Times.
  • "New Exhibition at Fair Will Honor Churchill". The New York Times.
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