Template:Did you know nominations/Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904)

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:38, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904)

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Dreamland at Coney Island

... that tens of thousands of New Yorkers traveled to see Dreamland burn? Source: "Coney Island Fire Ruins Dreamland; Loss $4,000,000". Times Union. May 27, 1911.
- ALT1: ... that when Coney Island's Dreamland burned down, a lion climbed a roller coaster and had to be shot? Source: "Coney's Ten-acre Fire Cost $3,225,000". The Sun. May 28, 1911. pp. 1, 2
- ALT2: ... that Coney Island's Dreamland tried to compete with Luna Park by adding a million lights? Source: Berman, J.S.; Museum of the City of New York (2003). Coney Island. Portraits of America. Barnes and Noble Books. p. 35.
- ALT3: ... that a lighting contract for Coney Island's Dreamland was described as the largest ever in the U.S.? Source: "Largest Light Contract Ever Made". Times Union. November 11, 1903. p. 4.
- Reviewed: WWCW

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:19, 14 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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 eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - It doesn't do well at thumbnail size, but I won't hold up this nomination because of it.

QPQ: - Waiting
Overall: Should be good to go with the QPQ. My preference is for the ALT0 or ALT1 hooks to run, as both are interesting and attention-grabbing while the others are weaker. Sounder Bruce 05:23, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Thanks for the review. I have done a QPQ now. As for the image, unfortunately most of the images on Commons are either low-quality, black-and-white, or watermarked, but would File:Dreamland Park at Coney Island, c. 1905.jpg work? Epicgenius (talk) 13:50, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Ready to go now. The new image (from 1905) is much better and would work for my preference (ALT0). Sounder Bruce 03:18, 22 August 2023 (UTC)