Template:Did you know nominations/Yukon Hotel
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The following is an archived discussion of Yukon Hotel's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination's (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the DYK WikiProject's (talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.
The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 10:26, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Yukon Hotel
... that the Yukon Hotel in Dawson City, built during the Klondike Gold Rush, was sold for $1 at the urging of Pierre Berton?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hymenaea mexicana
- Comment: The hook conflates two related facts cited in the article. If this is deemed inappropriate, I'll provide alternate hooks.
Created by Mindmatrix (talk). Self nom at 15:18, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
The article is new enough and long enough. The hook is verified on the Heritage Canada website except the "at the urging of Pierre Berton" part. I think the hook would be better without it. -Zanhe (talk) 13:45, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
- ALT1: ... that the Yukon Hotel in Dawson City, built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, was sold for $1?
- ALT2: ... that because milled lumber was in short supply, the Yukon Hotel in Dawson City was made of "rough logs chinked with mud"?
- ALT3: ... that the first occupant of the Yukon Hotel in Dawson City was the Government of Canada?
- ALT4: ... that the Yukon Hotel in Dawson City is a "representation of typical commercial structures" of the Klondike Gold Rush?