Template:Did you know nominations/Colonial Plaza

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Colonial Plaza

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• ... that Orlando's Colonial Plaza, opened in 1956, became Florida's first enclosed shopping mall six years later?

Created by TenPoundHammer (talk). Self-nominated at 04:38, 29 August 2018 (UTC).

• The article is new: Y
• The article is long enough: Y
• The hook is interesting: Y
• The hook is referenced: Y
• The hook is below 200 characters: Y
• A google search does not reveal any copyright violation: Y
• The article follows most other important policies: Y
• QPQ: Y
• Article is good to go Cambalachero (talk) 17:02, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook really doesn't sound hooky. Also, your article says the expansion was in 1961, which is only 5 years later. It's too bad you didn't clip the Newspapers.com articles under their open access policy so we could see the sources you're using. The part about the green tinted sidewalks at the opening sounds very hooky. Yoninah (talk) 19:02, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: I like the sidewalk one. Here is a clipping for it. So something to the effect of:
• ALT1: ...that when Orlando, Florida's Colonial Plaza opened in 1956, its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:37, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you. I would just tweak it a little to eliminate the SEAOFBLUE and identify the structure:
• ALT1a: ... that when the Colonial Plaza shopping center opened in Orlando, Florida in 1956, its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare?
• ALT1a hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Cambalachero. ALT1a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 13:17, 26 September 2018 (UTC)