Template:Did you know nominations/Balikli Greek Hospital

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:36, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Balikli Greek Hospital

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~~... that a Greek Hospital (pictured) in Istanbul continues to be in service for over 260 years?~~

ALT1:... that a Greek Hospital (pictured) in Istanbul has been in service since 1753?

Created/expanded by Proudbolsahye (talk). Self nom at 05:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

A very nice little article, well-written and nicely illustrated. I'll have to take the sourcing on good faith since my Turkish is very rusty (and I can't judge possibly copyvios, but much of the content is translated anyway and pretty heavily condensed). Long enough, new enough, etc. Drmies (talk) 17:54, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

There's something wrong with the tense in the hook: "continues to be in service for over 260 years" does not work. Can this please be reworded? Would "has been in service" work with the article's facts? Might there also be something more descriptive than "in service"? BlueMoonset (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

I was thinking long and hard over that one too. I just wanted to make the hook state that it has and continues to be in service for 260 years. I thought "has been in service for 260 years" makes it seem like it might be out of service today. I provided an ALT. Proudbolsahye (talk) 21:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Ha, it bothered me a bit as well but I figured someone would tweak it. I'm fine with the ALT hook. Drmies (talk) 00:11, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Restoring AGF approval per Drmies original article approval and new ALT hook agreement. I've struck the original hook because of the problems noted. (To me, "had been" or "was" would indicate that the hospital has stopped, while "has been" indicates continuance.) BlueMoonset (talk) 03:32, 12 January 2013 (UTC)