Template:Did you know nominations/Pont Flavien
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The result was: promoted by Carabinieri (talk) 13:18, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Pont Flavien[edit]
- ... that the Pont Flavien (pictured) in southern France is the only bridge bound by arches to have survived from the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Orites excelsus
- Comment: Expanded from 82 words of prose to 748 words
Created/expanded by Prioryman (talk). Self nom at 09:25, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Article is new enough (recently expanded over 5x), long enough, and mostly well referenced. Hook is interesting, short enough, and supported by offline reference. Image is public domain. Only one minor issue: the middle paragraph of the "Origin and design" section about Lucius Donnius Flavos is unreferenced. -Zanhe (talk) 22:25, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
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Good to go. AGF for offline refs.
- I'll be honest: I couldn't figure out what the hook's "bound" meant in this context, and even though, with a dictionary, I've figured out that it's "to form the boundary of", it still trips me up. If the hook runs without the picture, the confusion will be significant. May I suggest the following minor wording change:
- ALT1: ... that the Pont Flavien (pictured) in southern France is the only bridge with an arch over each end to have survived from the time of the Roman Emperor Augustus?
- I'll be honest: I couldn't figure out what the hook's "bound" meant in this context, and even though, with a dictionary, I've figured out that it's "to form the boundary of", it still trips me up. If the hook runs without the picture, the confusion will be significant. May I suggest the following minor wording change:
