Template:Did you know nominations/Burnham Pier
- 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 SL93 (talk) 00:22, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
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Burnham Pier
- ... that the 37-metre-long (121 ft) Burnham Pier (pictured) is sometimes described as the United Kingdom's shortest? Source: "Nothing says British seaside like a pier, and as an example of British understatement, Burnham-on-Sea’s, at just 37 metres long, has no equal ... Britain’s shortest pier" from: "Little Britain: 10 of the UK's best tiny attractions". the Guardian. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2022. and: "Burnham - on - Sea Pier was the last to be built before World War I and is also the shortest ( in fact some authorities do not class it as a seaside pier , though it trades under that name )" from: Wills, Anthony; Phillips, Tim (2014). British Seaside Piers. English Heritage. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-84802-264-5.
- ALT1: ... that sometimes Burnham Pier (pictured) is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the sea? Source: "at low tide the sea is a mile and a half away." from: "Little Britain: 10 of the UK's best tiny attractions". the Guardian. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
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Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:28, 8 July 2022 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 8 July 2022 is 2,873 characters long and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected. Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 102 characters long (ALT1 is 63); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Refs 1 (verifying the main hook) and 3 (verifying the main hook and ALT1) are reliable sources (AGF the latter as there is no preview available). Image is free and under Creative Commons license. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:58, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
