Template:Did you know nominations/Kissena Park

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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) 06:39, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Kissena Park[edit]

Kissena Lake in Kissena Park
Kissena Lake in Kissena Park
Kissena Lake in Kissena Park
Kissena Lake in Kissena Park
  • ... that Kissena Park (pictured) in New York City was originally the site of a tree nursery and had a railroad line running through it? Source: NYC Parks website
    • ALT1:... that Kissena Park (pictured) in New York City is named after the word for "it is cold" in the Chippewa language, even though the Chippewa Native Americans lived in the Midwestern United States? Source: North Shore Daily Journal
    • ALT2:... that during a grand-jury investigation into land-sale fraud at New York City's Kissena Park (pictured), Queens borough president Joseph Bermel resigned and fled the U.S. the day before he was scheduled to testify? Source: NY Times 1908

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk), Tdorante10 (talk), and Quackslikeaduck (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 02:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC).

  • Epicgenius, I am interested in reviewing this DYK nomination. Have you made any progress on the QPQ? Flibirigit (talk) 02:49, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
  • Flibirigit, No, not yet, but I can do it this week. I think you can still do a review if the QPQ is not done yet, though. epicgenius (talk) 03:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
No rush then. I can start a review probably on Thursday. I will be busy too. I'm sure we can push this through by next week. Flibirigit (talk) 03:18, 27 February 2019 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation

Image eligibility:

QPQ: No - ?
Overall: Article expanded more than fivefold on Febrary 2, and nominated the next day. Length and sourcing are adequate. Article is neutral in tone. No plagiarism issues detected. Hooks are verified, mentioned inline and properly cited. I highly recommend adding one of more of the properly licensed photos to this nomination. QPQ is still oustanding. Minor suggestions that are not critical to DYK:I recommend adding one sentence to cover recent amenities such as the tennis courts, baseball diamonds, etc. I also recommend one sentence about the Kissena Park Civic Association. The article is undercategorized, and typically citiations are in numerical order, such as [1][2][3]. Flibirigit (talk) 20:43, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

  • Flibirigit, Thanks for reviewing this article. I have done a QPQ review. epicgenius (talk) 22:45, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
The added photos are licensed properly on the commons, and clear at 100px. QPQ requirements have now been met. Please consider the other suggestions and nominate this for GA status. Flibirigit (talk) 23:39, 28 February 2019 (UTC)