Template:Did you know nominations/Newquay Lifeboat Station

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The result was: promoted by DirtyHarry991 talk 08:02, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Newquay Lifeboat Station

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• ... that with an inclination of 1 in 2.5, the slipway at Newquay Lifeboat Station was one of the steepest in England? Source: Book: Cornwall's Lifeboat Heritage, Nicholas Leech (2006) p.46. Quote: 'The slipway, with a gradient of 1:2.5, was one of the steepest in the country'.
  • Reviewed: Hicklin Lake

Created by Geof Sheppard (talk). Self-nominated at 17:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Newquay Lifeboat Station; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Hook fact in the article needs a cite directly behind it. Gatoclass (talk) 09:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
  • I've added another citation tag to that sentence, although that means the citation appears twice consecutively in that paragraph. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:24, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Okay. Sourcing looks a little thin, but I'm not going to quibble about it. Gatoclass (talk) 13:48, 22 January 2024 (UTC)