Template:Did you know nominations/British Rail Passenger Timetable
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:09, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
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British Rail Passenger Timetable
... that the British Rail Passenger Timetable contained the details of all passenger rail services within Great Britain, and ran to over 1300 pages long? Source: [1]
- ALT1 ... that when introduced in 1974, the British Rail Passenger Timetable cost 50p (the equivalent of £10 today) and its 1,350 pages provided times for the entire year? Source: [2]
- Reviewed: Jackson Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
- Comment: Article started in User namespace 19 April, Article created in mainspace 20 April.
Created by PinkPanda272 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC).
Length and date ok. No copyright violation detected. Source supports some of the hook, the 1300 pages long bit, but I'm unsure it supports contained the details of all passenger rail services within Great Britain. It really only says provided times for the entire year as far as I can see. Can you please quote the bit supporting the full hook? Calistemon (talk) 15:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Calistemon, I got the information for the first part of the hook from the picture (at the top of the page) that states:
- Great Britain
- Inter-City, local and suburban services, Irish, Channel Islands, Coastal Services
- I interpreted this as including "all passenger rail services in Great Britain", but I appreciate that it is not explicitly mentioned in the article. I will happily change it for something more verifiable, for example:
- ALT2: ... that the British Rail Passenger Timetable contained train times for an entire year and ran to over 1300 pages long?
- Thanks for taking the time to review, PinkPanda272 (talk/contribs) 15:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
PinkPanda272, I think, quoting the source, At a price of 50p (The equivalent of £10 now) it’s 1,350 pages provided times for the entire year, supports the new hook quite well. I think, the article and hook now complies and is good to go from my side. Calistemon (talk) 12:07, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you Calistemon, I have adapted the hook with your suggestion, and have put it at the top of the page. I also added when introduced in 1974 at the start so that readers know what year the £10 is in comparison to. Cheers, PinkPanda272 (talk/contribs) 13:13, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
