Template:Did you know nominations/Washington University in St. Louis
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Washington University in St. Louis
- ... that Washington University in St. Louis holds the Southwick Broadside, one of the few surviving printed broadsides of the Declaration of Independence?
- ALT1: ... that the Olympic flame has passed through Washington University's Francis Olympic Field three times during torch relays for the 1984, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics? Source: https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/francis-field-stadium
- ALT2: ... that Francis Olympic Field at Washington University hosted events during the 1904 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics held outside Europe? Source: https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/francis-field-stadium
ALT3: ... that Washington University's Francis Olympic Field is one of the few remaining Olympic venues still in use today?Source: https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/francis-field-stadium- Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Wozal (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Wozal (talk) 02:19, 16 May 2025 (UTC).
Article passed a GA review on May 14 and was nominated two days later which is within the proper timeframe. Earwig detected no copyright violations, and the article is compliant with all wikipedia policies including citations to reliable sources throughout. The original hook and alts 1 and 2 all check out to the cited sources and are usable. Alt3, however, is not verifiable to the cited source. It calls the venue the oldest Olympic venue still in operation as a sports venue but does not make an evaluation as to the number of Olympic venues still in use (of which there are several, particularly among venues from more recent Olympics). The hook fact for Alt3 is also not in the article. I have scratched that one out. I will leave it to the promoter to select which of the other hooks they wish to put into the queue. Best.4meter4 (talk) 20:13, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi 4meter4: Thank you for your review! I'm leaning towards the original hook. Should it be clarified that this refers to the U.S. Declaration of Independence? Alt1 and Alt2 are close though, so happy to defer to either.