Talk:Shotley Pier

A fact from Shotley Pier appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that sponsors were asked to buy planks for the restoration of Shotley Pier in Suffolk, England, at £100 each?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:42, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The pier under restoration in 2021

... that Shotley Pier (pictured) in Suffolk, England, was used to moor German submarines after the First World War? Source: No longer have a copy to hand but it was stated in "Nooks and Corners". Private Eye. No. 1557. 1 October 2021. p. 23., you can see that the ITV news source states "Following the end of the the First World War, at least 300 German submarines were brought to Shotley and moored up the river." which places them in the vicinity.
- ALT1: ... that sponsors were asked to buy planks for the restoration of Shotley Pier (pictured) in Suffolk, England, at £100 each? Source: "One way they hope to do this is by offering the public the chance to “sponsor a plank". Visitors can pay £100 to have their name added to a plank." from: Sandalls, Katy (1 December 2020). "First stage of historic pier restoration completed". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Brazilian protests

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:22, 1 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is good work. Article is new, and long enough, is well-cited and within policy and has an interesting hook. I much prefer the original hook over ALT1 and without a picture. I have updated both the hooks and added the missing "(pictured)". Ciridae (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2022 (UTC) ALT1 to T:DYK/P2 without image[reply]