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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by David Fuchs via FACBot (talk) 26 August 2024 [1].


Nominator(s): voorts (talk/contributions) 21:34, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Costello's was a watering hole for journalists, writers, and cartoonists on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. Ernest Hemingway reportedly broke a cane over John O'Hara's head on a bet; the bar's owner responded by displaying the broken cane over the bar. I wish I could have dropped in for a whiskey there. As an aside, I've been having trouble finding images that are either in the PD or that would satisfy WP:NFCCP, particularly photographs of Tim Costello and the bar's exterior and interior. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:34, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CommentsSupport by Vacant0

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Will leave some comments here after I have a look at the article. --Vacant0 (talkcontribs) 12:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

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Will review this in a bit. lunaeclipse (talk) 21:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drive by comments by DWB

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Comments by Pendright

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Placeholder! Pendright (talk) 20:40, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My circumstances are such that I will be unable to review the article at this time. Please accept my apology. Pendright (talk) 01:21, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for offering to review the article. All the best, voorts (talk/contributions) 01:36, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Gog the Mild

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Recusing to review.

  • "speakeasy". In the main article could this be briefly explained in line for the benefit of non-US readers.
    • Is the wikilink not sufficient? I find that trying to explain these things in line leads to unwieldy parentheticals that disrupt the flow.
I am afraid that the MoS requires it. MOS:NOFORCELINK: "Do use a link wherever appropriate, but as far as possible do not force a reader to use that link to understand the sentence. The text needs to make sense to readers who cannot follow links." We are after all building an encyclopedia, we are writing in order to explain things to people who don't already know them. Doing so while maintaining a professional standard of prose is part of the challenge of FAC.
  • "... a speakeasy in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The speakeasy was located on Third Avenue ..." "Speakeasy" twice in nine words seems unnecessary. Suggest "The speakeasy" → 'It'.
    • Done.
  • "James Thurber illustrated the walls, depicting the "Battle of the Sexes"." Why the bold?
  • "during a gut renovation for a new restaurant". What is a "gut renovation"?
    • Changed wording.
  • "and during renovations, they preserved the cartoons". I am not sure about this comma.
    • Changed wording.
  • "John McNulty wrote about the discussions and happenings at the bar, which he called "this place on third avenue", in the 1940s in a series of short stories that he wrote for The New Yorker." Wrote twice? Perhaps '. John McNulty wrote about the discussions and happenings at the bar, which he called "this place on third avenue", in the 1940s in a series of short stories for The New Yorker.'
    • Done.

Lovely work. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild: Thank you for reviewing. I've replied above. Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 21:20, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers, just speakeasy outstanding. Perhaps something like '... in 1929 as a speakeasy—a bar illicitly selling alcohol—in Midtown Manhattan ...'? Gog the Mild (talk) 21:41, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gog the Mild: Done. voorts (talk/contributions) 00:45, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review -- Pass

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All checks out as far as I can see. UndercoverClassicist T·C 10:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! voorts (talk/contributions) 22:58, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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