Talk:Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Cwmhiraeth in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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) 07:01, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
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... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber catenary roof?Source: Architect Magazine
- Reviewed: Rhagoletis juglandis
- Comment: Open to rewording, can't think of an alternative hook at this time.
Created by ~riley (talk). Self-nominated at 08:50, 12 November 2019 (UTC).
Everything looks good to me. --TheSandDoctor Talk 19:04, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
@TheSandDoctor: you should provide a review that explicitly confirms that the five main DYK criteria have been met. An optional Reviewer's Template is located above the edit window. Yoninah (talk) 23:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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Good to go TheSandDoctor Talk 01:03, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, TheSandDoctor. I'm just wondering if the language in the hook is so obscure as to be passed over by readers. Perhaps more explanatory words could be used instead of caternary? Yoninah (talk) 13:19, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Unfortunately, alysoid, chainette or funicular would not be more explanatory... How about... "world's longest spanning timber arch-shaped roof?" It is indeed arch-shaped, that is no false statement, and what allows it to be arch-shaped is the catenary design. Thoughts? ~riley (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- @~riley: Or:
- ALT1: ... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber arched roof? Yoninah (talk) 20:00, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Good idea reversing the order, appreciate the fresh eyes on this one. @TheSandDoctor: Thoughts on ALT1? ~riley (talk) 20:08, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. Here's another idea from information I just added from the source:
- ALT2:
... that the roof of the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre features an "undulating" pattern created from 88-foot (27 m) lengths of steel cables interspersed with Douglas fir?Yoninah (talk) 20:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2 sounds too technical, worry it would be passed over for that reason. Good addition to the article, thank you. Opting at this time for ALT1 due to shortness and simplicity (relative). ~riley (talk) 22:01, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Unfortunately, alysoid, chainette or funicular would not be more explanatory... How about... "world's longest spanning timber arch-shaped roof?" It is indeed arch-shaped, that is no false statement, and what allows it to be arch-shaped is the catenary design. Thoughts? ~riley (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2019 (UTC)