Template:Did you know nominations/Fayoum Light Railway

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 Yoninah (talk) 17:57, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Fayoum Light Railway[edit]

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Transport of the fossils of Walter Grangers Fayoum Expedition, 1907

... that the paleontologist Walter Granger used the Fayoum Light Railway for transporting the fossils that he had found in Egypt? Source: "Are planning now to break this camp on the 21st and go to Qasr el-Sagha for a few days before going in to Tamia" ("Train (of the Fayoum Light Railway) to Tamia")
- ALT1:... that the Government Inspector reported in 1904 very unfavourably of the Fayoum Light Railway? Source: "The Government Inspector reports very unfavourably of the Fayoum Company, which sonds greatly in need of a competent manager."(London Standard Newspaper Archives, March 20, 1906 - Page 1)
- ALT2:... that the Fayoum Light Railway was founded by a group of Egyptian Coptic investors? Source: "...the Fayoum Light Railways (which was established by a group of Egyptian Coptic Investors)." (Marilyn Booth and Gorman Anthony.)

Reviewed: Cornell Pulpwood Stacker

5x expanded by NearEMPTiness (talk). Self-nominated at 20:45, 14 October 2017 (UTC). Sorry: I had inadvertantly entered this nomination into the section of "Articles created/expanded on October 14" and subsequently removed it at 04:54 on 15 October 2017.NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:41, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Although it would see this could be easily expanded past its current length, it is long enough, new enough, well cited (spotted), comes up clean in CYK Check and downright interesting for railfans. Strongly prefer ALT0. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:00, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

@NearEMPTiness: I was going to promote this nomination but the layout of the article is most unsatisfactory on my monitor. The infobox takes up so much room that the rest of the contents is squeezed into a narrow column on the left. I suggest you remove the "Lines and stations" part from the infobox and include it somewhere in the main text. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: Thank you for the comment. I completely re-edited the article by now, and used another box. I hope your screen can cope with 8 columns. Otherwise, please change the layput to fit your screen. NearEMPTiness (talk) 17:21, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: and @Cwmhiraeth: Sorry for the delay. The new version is now avaiable. NearEMPTiness (talk) 17:26, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Restoring tick as the layout is now much improved. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:03, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but there is close paraphrasing from the source which should be rewritten in your own words:
Source: they had to reach an agreement with the Italian company that was processing the fertilizer, whereby they would supply enough sibakh to keep the company and the railway working, while the papyri were hastily removed between 1928 and 1935
Article: who came to an agreement with the Italian company that processed the fertilizer, whereby they would supply enough sibakh to keep the company and the railway working, while the papyri were hastily removed between 1928 and 1935
Yoninah (talk) 20:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Thank you for being vigilant. Rewritten version: who closed a deal with the Italian managers of the company that sold the compost, by which the team of the archeologists had to dig-out a sufficient amount of compost to keep the company and the railway busy, while they were searching for the papyri from 1928 to 1935. NearEMPTiness (talk) 01:00, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 17:54, 26 October 2017 (UTC)