Talk:Sunset Park (Brooklyn park)

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Review: March 26, 2021. (Reviewed version).

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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:12, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in its early years, New York City's Sunset Park contained a golf course, pond, and carousel? Source: NYC Parks. "Rustic retaining walls, a man-made pond, a six-hole golf course, a neo-classical shelter, and a carousel were original features of the park developed between 1898 and 1911."
- ALT1:... that in its early years, New York City's Sunset Park could only be reached by 60-foot (18 m) ladders? Source: NY Times 1894

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Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 00:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Substantial article on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I think ALT1 is great, hard to believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:33, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ps: there are two "References" below the inline ones, strange-looking. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Yes, these are the bibliographical references. epicgenius (talk) 16:14, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. You could give the two a header, perhaps. Good choice for a qpq, I looked at it myself ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Sunset Park (Brooklyn park) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in its early years, New York City's Sunset Park could only be reached by 60-foot (18 m) ladders?

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