Talk:Ridgefield Branch

A fact from Ridgefield Branch appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that passenger service on the Ridgefield Branch was eliminated after the electrification of neighboring lines?

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Did you know nomination

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 00:42, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... Source: Cornwall, L. Peter (1987). In the Shore Line's Shadow, the Six Lives of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. p. 34. Littleton, Massachusetts: Flying Yankee. ISBN 0-9615574-5-1.
ALT1: ... that passenger service on the Ridgefield Branch was eliminated after the electrification of neighboring lines?Source: Cornwall, L. Peter (1987). In the Shore Line's Shadow, the Six Lives of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. p. 84. Littleton, Massachusetts: Flying Yankee. ISBN 0-9615574-5-1.
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Created by Locomotive207 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
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Adequate sourcing:
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Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: ALT1 is approved. SL93 (talk) 18:15, 2 October 2022 (UTC) SL93 (talk) 23:40, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not to step on your review, SL93, but I don't think the hook is particularly interesting, unfortunately. If this were flat terrain, curving 18 times in 4 miles would be an interesting fact. However, many railroads in Connecticut are like this, and several railroad lines contain more frequent curves. Perhaps another hook could be suggested. Epicgenius (talk) 14:04, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Epicgenius It's fine. I value the input because I am not as familiar with the topic. I have updated the interesting part of the template. SL93 (talk) 19:34, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the input Epicgenius, I'll draft an ALT1 when I get the chance.

SL93,This is only my fourth DYK nomination, I thought you didn't need to do a QPQ until after 5? Regarding TylerCityStation, yes, it is technically a self-published source. However, it's run by prominent Connecticut railroad historian Robert Belletzkie Here's a New Haven Register article from 2009 detailing his work. In addition, the material on the website is generally well-sourced to both primary and secondary sources. For example, the entry on the Ridgefield Station is sourced to this book], an article from the New Haven Railroad Historical and Technical Association's Shoreliner Magazine, and local accounts of the depot's restructuring. So in conclusion, I don't think the nature of the source's publication undermines its reliability in this case.--🚂Locomotive207-talk🚂 21:01, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Locomotive207 I updated the QPQ. I will approve the source as written by an expert in the field. I recommend including that information in the nomination whenever similar sources are used. Just waiting on a new hook. SL93 (talk) 22:44, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding clarification that ALT1 is ready. SL93 (talk) 18:22, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]