Talk:Ten Arches Bridge

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 01:57, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

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The Ten Arches Bridge in Amman, 2011

• ... that the Ten Arches Bridge in Amman (pictured), built as part of the Ottoman Hejaz Railway, was one of the main objectives for destruction during a World War I Allied attack in 1918?

• Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Australian_Flying_Corps_in_the_Weste/mBG-BAAAQBAJ (page 112)

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Endgame (Scobie book)

Created by Makeandtoss (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.

Makeandtoss (talk) 11:16, 9 March 2025 (UTC).

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: Almost everything looks to be in order. Neat page, neat hook. Only problem is that that the bridge was built for the Hejaz railway or during the Ottoman period do not look cited. Can we get a citation for that before moving on? Book link is missing the page cited, so accepted AGF. Would highly recommend changing ALT0 to say "World War I–era" to break up the two links in accordance with MOS:SOB and linking the First Battle of Amman to the entire phrase "Allied attack in 1918" to avoid a bit of an WP:EASTEREGG. ThaesOfereode (talk) 22:35, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@ThaesOfereode: Added the source and information to the body. As for the hook, here's ALT1: "... that the Ten Arches Bridge in Amman (pictured), built as part of the Ottoman Hejaz Railway, was one of the main objectives for destruction during a World War I–era Allied attack in 1918?" Makeandtoss (talk) 11:22, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

@Makeandtoss: Yeah, that looks good enough for me, though I made one small edit so the hook complies with MOS:ENDASH. Recommend promoter consider de-linking Ottoman; not sure it's necessary but this seems like the important stuff is in good order, so pass ALT1. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:10, 12 March 2025 (UTC)