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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 02:24, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Becontree tube station[edit]

• ... that the District line was once crossed by the Becontree Estate Railway near Becontree tube station? Source: *McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2009). Railways of Britain – London North of the Thames. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7110-3346-7.
  • ALT1:... that when Becontree tube station first opened, there were no roads leading to it? Source: *Jackson, Alan A. (2018) [1973]. Semi-Detached London: Suburban Development, Life and Transport, 1900-39. Routledge. pp. 291–311. ISBN 978-1-35117-512-8.
  • ALT2:... that there were no roads leading to Becontree tube station when it first opened? same source as above

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Imperium (Kracht novel) There was a previous mistake of counting this QPQ review as I had fewer than 5 DYKs but now I wanna use it

Improved to Good Article status by Vincent60030 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:18, 4 February 2019 (UTC).

• The problem with all three text proposals is that they lack context. They talk about roads, stations, but where are they? Becontree is just an area in of London, don't take it for granted that readers from other countries will be familiar with it. They will probably know well enough that London is the capital city of the United Kingdom, but not its sub-areas. Cambalachero (talk) 18:07, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Cambalachero: that is the whole point of DYK. @Cwmhiraeth: @Yoninah: @BlueMoonset: since you 3 are the most experienced, do correct me if I’m wrong. And I’m not sure if this is counted as reviewed if you know what I mean. Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 00:15, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

• DYK hooks appear alone in the main page, devoid of context. They need to be understood as standalone sentences. They must be short, but also avoid WP:EASTEREGG. Cambalachero (talk) 00:27, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

• I’ll just readd the word “tube” then. Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 02:58, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

• ALT1 looks good; I would just add something at the end like "there were no roads leading to it" or "no roads led to it". Yoninah (talk) 12:08, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

• alright I’ve done the necessary changes. Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 11:13, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

• Full review needed now that hook issues seem to have been addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:34, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

• This is a newly-promoted GA and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I don't think the lack of hook context matters at DYK. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:33, 10 March 2019 (UTC)