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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:15, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

The Pond in Central Park

• ... that in the 1860s, New York City's Central Park (pictured) was purchased for a higher price than the entire state of Alaska? Source: Kinkead, Eugene (1990). Central Park, 1857-1995: The Birth, Decline, and Renewal of a National Treasure. New York: Norton. ISBN 0-393-02531-4. p. 17
  • ALT1:... that the value of the land in New York City's Central Park (pictured) was estimated to be a half-trillion U.S. dollars in December 2005? Source: NY Magazine
  • ALT2:... that a 2010 census found that 25 people lived in the census tract covering New York City's Central Park (pictured), despite officials' claims that no one lived there? Source: NY Times 2011
  • ALT3:... that New York City's Central Park (pictured) is the most used filming location in the world? Source: The Independent 2017

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Minye Kyawhtin of Pakhan
• Comment: I have even more hooks if any of these aren't satisfactory

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC).

• Length and currency: Easily long enough, achieved Good article status today (5 Sept)
• Sources: Extremely well referenced.
• CopyVio: I can't find anything out of order, and I assume it has been checked for this as part of the GA review in any case.
• Image: Properly licenced
• QPQ: Done
• Hook: Approving ALT0. It's snappy and surprising. Clearly written in the text. The source, page 17 of Kinead (1990) cannot be read online, so AGF.
• General: A very thorough article, written in crystal clear English, nicely laid out, very good use of images. Well done! Felixkrater (talk) 18:50, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, and I don't find ALT0 snappy or surprising at all, considering it happened in the mid-19th century. I would like to promote ALT2, but I would like to use a different thumbnail image, as this one shows too much of the skyscrapers while the pond is in darkness. Pinging nominator Epicgenius. Yoninah (talk) 22:35, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

• Yoninah, both the proposed image and the use of ALT2 would be fine to me. epicgenius (talk) 01:49, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Central Park

• Thank you. ALT2 hook ref verified and cited inline. Image is freely licensed. Rest of review per Felixkrater. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 14:08, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: In my view, ALT0 is much more hooky than ALT2, and I am unclear what you mean in the statement "considering it happened in the mid-19th century". The two events occurred about a dozen years apart and the Alaska purchase was the later of the two, making the statistic more impressive. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:58, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for your opinion, Cwmhiraeth. I'd still like to use the second image. Yoninah (talk) 15:04, 19 September 2019 (UTC)