Template:Did you know nominations/Sunswick Creek

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Sunswick Creek

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• ... that after people living near Sunswick Creek broke down the creek's tide gates in 1916, the New York City health commissioner described them as "prefer[ring] to live like hogs"? Source: Brooklyn Standard Union April 12, 1916; Brooklyn Standard Union April 16, 1916
  • ALT1:... that during excavations for a sewer line in 1957, construction workers found remnants of a former grist mill on New York City's underground Sunswick Creek? Source: NY Times 1957
  • ALT2:... that the name of New York City's Sunswick Creek likely comes from a Native American word meaning 'Woman Chief' or 'Sachem’s Wife'? Source: Greater Astoria Historical Society

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Trimdon Labour Club
• Comment: Any additional hook suggestions are welcomed

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC).

• Of the three hooks proposed, the first one is probably the best, though I'd suggest mentioning the year just in case people get upset and think that the quote is recent. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:02, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

General eligibility:

• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

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

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - For ALT, The exact quote was "prefer to live like hogs" so I recommend modifying the hook slightly to match, or moving the quote marks

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article, Earwig shows some quotes which are fine, once ALT is cleaned up it will be ready to go. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:17, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

• @Mary Mark Ockerbloom: Thanks for the review. I've now fixed the first hook. epicgenius (talk) 20:27, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

• All good, thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:48, 23 March 2020 (UTC)