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The following discussion 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 06:07, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Forth Replacement Crossing

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Created/expanded by Jonathan Oldenbuck (talk). Self nom at 14:21, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Do you have a reference to support the September commencement? It's mentioned a number of times in the article, yet I can't find a source to confirm it. new civil engineer stated this week "Arrival this week of steel foundations signalled the start of full scale construction" [edited for brevity]. Fleet news did suggest it "began last autumn", but offered no specific details. Am also slightly unsure on the grammar here. Should it be that construction began on Foo, adjacent to the Bar, in September 2011? or that construction on Foo, adjacent to the Bar, began in September 2011?? Nikthestoned 11:01, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
  • I've also been unable to find confirmation of the commencement of construction. I believe there are some other facts in the article that could be used as hooks. How about this one:
  • As it is almost a month since this article was nominated, I suggest we go with the uncontroversial ALT1. The article meets all DYK requirements as far as I can see. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:08, 9 June 2012 (UTC)