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− | * ... that upon its founding in 1869, the '''[[Brooklyn Fire Department]]''' replaced a volunteer fire department with about 3,000 firefighters? <small>Source: [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2526.pdf NYCLPC] p. 3</small> | + | * <s>... that upon its founding in 1869, the '''[[Brooklyn Fire Department]]''' replaced a volunteer fire department with about 3,000 firefighters? <small>Source: [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2526.pdf NYCLPC] p. 3</small></s> |
+ | ** '''ALT''': ... that upon its founding in 1869, the '''[[Brooklyn Fire Department]]''' replaced a volunteer fire department of about 3,000 firefighters? <small>Source: [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2526.pdf NYCLPC] p. 3</small> | ||
** '''ALT1''':... that in the 1890s, the '''[[Brooklyn Fire Department]]''' built [[Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters|a headquarters]] that it only occupied for four years? <small>Source: [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/realestate/civic-ambition-and-politics-on-jay-street.html NY Times]</small> | ** '''ALT1''':... that in the 1890s, the '''[[Brooklyn Fire Department]]''' built [[Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters|a headquarters]] that it only occupied for four years? <small>Source: [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/realestate/civic-ambition-and-politics-on-jay-street.html NY Times]</small> | ||
:* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Tanis S'eiltin]] | :* ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Tanis S'eiltin]] | ||
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:* {{ping|Epicgenius}} Not a full review, just pointing out that the wording of the original hook sounds like the volunteer department was replaced with 3,000 professional firefighters, rather than 3,000 volunteer firefighters being replaced with a few hundred professionals (according to the source). Maybe "replaced a volunteer fire department '''of''' about 3,000 firefighters" is more clear? [[User:97198|97198]] ([[User talk:97198|talk]]) 09:32, 25 November 2019 (UTC) | :* {{ping|Epicgenius}} Not a full review, just pointing out that the wording of the original hook sounds like the volunteer department was replaced with 3,000 professional firefighters, rather than 3,000 volunteer firefighters being replaced with a few hundred professionals (according to the source). Maybe "replaced a volunteer fire department '''of''' about 3,000 firefighters" is more clear? [[User:97198|97198]] ([[User talk:97198|talk]]) 09:32, 25 November 2019 (UTC) | ||
+ | ::*{{re|97198}} Yeah, that sounds much better. Thanks, I didn't realize the wording may sound confusing (the BFD replaced the volunteer fire department, with the latter containing 3,000 firefighters, which I thought was what this meant). [[User:Epicgenius|epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 14:28, 25 November 2019 (UTC) | ||
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Brooklyn Fire Department
... that upon its founding in 1869, the Brooklyn Fire Department replaced a volunteer fire department with about 3,000 firefighters? Source: NYCLPC p. 3- ALT: ... that upon its founding in 1869, the Brooklyn Fire Department replaced a volunteer fire department of about 3,000 firefighters? Source: NYCLPC p. 3
- ALT1:... that in the 1890s, the Brooklyn Fire Department built a headquarters that it only occupied for four years? Source: NY Times
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tanis S'eiltin
- Comment: The original draft was by 94.113.79.37. Additionally Nemecekdavid1 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) added an AFC tag to the article before I expanded it and moved it to mainspace.
Created by Epicgenius (talk) and 94.113.79.37 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 18:50, 14 November 2019 (UTC).
- Template:Ping Not a full review, just pointing out that the wording of the original hook sounds like the volunteer department was replaced with 3,000 professional firefighters, rather than 3,000 volunteer firefighters being replaced with a few hundred professionals (according to the source). Maybe "replaced a volunteer fire department of about 3,000 firefighters" is more clear? 97198 (talk) 09:32, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Template:Re Yeah, that sounds much better. Thanks, I didn't realize the wording may sound confusing (the BFD replaced the volunteer fire department, with the latter containing 3,000 firefighters, which I thought was what this meant). epicgenius (talk) 14:28, 25 November 2019 (UTC)