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The following 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:32, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

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Boston Manor tube station[edit]

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  • ... that Boston Manor owned Tiffany's? Source: A lampshade branded Tiffany was above the roundel "Boston Manor Underground station, District line, exterior view". London Transport Museum Photographic Archive. October 1927. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  • Comment: I was thinking of adding this as an April Fool's joke. Is this funny enough?

Improved to Good Article status by Vincent60030 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:59, 4 February 2019 (UTC).

  • Date and length fine. As for the hooks, they are all very rich for April Fools. My personal favourite is the original though I feel you may need to reword the text in the article for it to be accepted. Otherwise ALT1 is my second favourite. @Vincent60030:, as you now have 5 DYK credits, you do need to do a QPQ now before I can pass it. No close paraphrasing. Just needs the QPQ and I can pass it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:53, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Ha ha, that's the reason why I didn't make any hook proposal of my own, I hate seeing people's nominations get hijacked as mine had there (especially if it's going in April fools day). Good to go for April Fools Day then! The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:58, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Lol I didn’t know xD I’m slow to catch but awww feels bad. Regardless, Thank you so much for the review :) VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 11:11, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

These are all very weak hooks IMO. I've struck two as being plainly substandard but am struggling to come up with a substantially better hook. Gatoclass (talk) 23:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC).

The best I've been able to come up with is:

EEng, any ideas for this one? Gatoclass (talk) 00:51, 29 March 2019 (UTC).

I'm coming up dry on this one. Honestly, the proposed hooks seems strained for April 1 and I think this is best run as an everyday DYK:
ALT3 ... that Boston Manor tube station once featured a Tiffany lampshade?
EEng 01:14, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Kinda disappointed looking at this result...I was really hoping for an April Fool’s...is it really that not April Fool’s worthy? VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 04:18, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
@Yoninah: @Narutolovehinata5: any opinions and advice? VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 04:20, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Also courtesy ping @Cwmhiraeth: since you are active in DYK and live near London afaik VincentLUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 04:22, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
I hope you understand I did the best I can, but I have to call 'em as I see 'em. EEng 04:51, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Unfortunately I have to agree with EEng here: there really doesn't seem to be anything hook worthy that could be used in the article. I would have suggested the labyrinth thing, but apparently all London Underground stations have them, so it isn't even unique. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 04:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
  • Restoring tick for ALT3 for regular promotion. Yoninah (talk) 14:13, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
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