Template:Did you know nominations/Woking
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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 02:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
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Woking
- ... that H.G. Wells wrote the majority of The War of the Worlds while living in Woking and that much of the novel is set in the local area? Source: McKie, Robin (28 February 2016). "Woking pays homage to HG Wells, the man who brought the Martians to town". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
Lemieux, Hannah (8 July 2022). "What's the best thing about Woking? Have your say and celebrate best of the Surrey town". Surrey Live. Retrieved 7 August 2022.- Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by Mertbiol (talk). Self-nominated at 07:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Woking; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Hi Mertbiol (talk), review follows (full disclosure: I lived in Woking very briefly - I remember well the Martian tripod in the precinct): article promoted to GA on 1 March; looks to be well written and citations are provided inline to 400 sources, I didn't check them all but they looked generally to be reliable for the subjects cited; I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing in a spot check and Earwig shows nothing concerning; you look to be exempt from the QPQ requirement; the hook fact is interesting, stated in the article and checks out to source cited
