Talk:Marygate

A fact from Marygate appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first large bathhouse in York was built at the bottom of Marygate (pictured) in 1836?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 10:38, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Marygate, York

... that Marygate, a street in York, England, originally lay outside the walls of the Roman city of Eboracum, and represented the northern city limit? https://www.york.gov.uk/downloads/file/817/3-marygate
Alt0a... that Marygate, a street in York, England, originally lay outside the walls of the Roman city of Eboracum?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hargovinddas Kantawala

Created by Warofdreams (talk). Nominated by Evrik (talk) at 16:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Evrik, the fact that it lay outside Eboracum and was the northern limit of the city is only mentioned in the lead and is not cited - Dumelow (talk) 10:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I added the text back into the body of the work. I can't cite the Alt0 as it is written. @Warofdreams: any suggestions? --evrik ^(talk) 14:50, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a citation; the relevant text is "A massive wall continues the line of the S.W. wall of the fortress, from which it differs in character; it probably turned N.E. under Marygate and continued at least as far N.E. as the Roman road underlying the modern Bootham", plus the accompanying map making clear the relationship between the wall and the street. Warofdreams talk 15:28, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Evrik & Warofdreams. Article created 29 September; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing from the sources; Image is free and OK at this scale, a QPQ has been carried out; hook is OK, but perhaps a little dull. Maybe something could be said about it passing through a Roman burial ground or being blocked by the Abbey in 1378? - Dumelow (talk) 07:04, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alt1 ... that in 1836, the first large bathhouse in York was built at the bottom of Marygate? --evrik ^(talk) 22:54, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Evrik & Warofdreams. Yes, that works for me. However the link used in the article for the VCH goes only to the local government section. This doesn't support the hook, which needs to be to the public services section, possibly there are other parts of the article that are the same. Any chance this can be amended? - Dumelow (talk) 05:56, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed it to a generic link to the start of the book, all the information is in that book but in various sections. Warofdreams talk 22:22, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I was working on it at the same time ... I think I may have fixed it? --evrik ^(talk) 22:31, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Great, that looks like it's worked. Warofdreams talk 23:52, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Evrik & Warofdreams, good work. ALT1 approved - 05:48, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]