Talk:Virginia Quay Settlers Monument

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Did you know... that the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument in London has been subject to bombing and theft?

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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 Bruxton (talk) 18:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument (pictured) commemorates the departure from London of the expedition that founded Jamestown, Virginia? Source: "A free-standing stone and bronze monument of 1951, incorporating a bronze plaque of 1928 and with later sculptural additions of 1999, commemorating the departure of settlers for Jamestown, Virginia (USA)." from: "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument, Non Civil Parish - 1442213". Historic England. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ALT1: ... that the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument in London (pictured) has been subject to bombing and theft? Source: "The Virginia Quay monument originated in 1928 as a bronze plaque, donated by the Society for the Protection of West Virginia Artefacts, and attached to the nearby Dock Master's house on Blackwall Quay. The house suffered bomb damage during the Second World War, and was later demolished. The plaque was then added to a new monument built in 1951." and "The monument was originally surmounted by a bronze mermaid, which was later stolen from the site" from: "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument, Non Civil Parish - 1442213". Historic England. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Virginia Quay Settlers Monument, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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: 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: Article is new enough and long enough, is well-sourced, neutral and plagiarism free. Hooks are cited, and interesting. Picture is free and relatively clear. QPQ is done. Lajmmoore (talk) 13:10, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]