Template:Did you know nominations/Wards of New York City

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Wards of New York City

Wards of New York City in 1683
Wards of New York City in 1683
  • ... that New York City was divided into wards (1683 map pictured) between 1683 and 1938? Source: "On ... 1683 the city was divided into six wards." (Stone p. 115) and "wards were formally abolished in 1938." (Forgotten NY)

Created by John M Wolfson (talk). Self-nominated at 05:45, 4 April 2020 (UTC).

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I don't know how to change the composition of the map (which is an SVG FWIW) without making it worse (removing the modern shoreline, placing the names outside of the wards, etc.). Perhaps the set can be promoted without the image. – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 18:17, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Accepting main hook without image. --MrClog (talk) 22:38, 5 April 2020 (UTC)