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A fact from New World Department Store (Bangkok) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the abandoned New World Department Store in Bangkok became home to thousands of fish?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New World Department Store (Bangkok).

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2Bangkok posted updates on the collapse case back then. The posts are now archived at https://www.2bangkok.com/archives/2005%20Jul-Aug.pdf. There are headlines and excerpts from the Bangkok Post and The Nation, and links to the latter's articles, some of which are on the Wayback Machine. (No Bangkok Post links as it appears the Post's web structure at the time made linking impossible.) --Paul_012 (talk) 06:02, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Lightburst talk 18:20, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Fish in the New World Department Store

... that the abandoned New World Department Store in Bangkok became home to thousands of fish (pictured)? Source: "There are about 3,000 fish, most of them mango fish, striped catfish and catfish, he added. The pond attracted public attention in June last year when photos of it were posted online, drawing more people to visit the abandoned centre to feed them." [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Okunoin
- Comment: Sorry I'm several hours late. The creation date shows as 8 February in my time zone, though.

Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:33, 15 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/New World Department Store (Bangkok); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The nomination seems to have been made a few hours after the seven-day window closed, but we can let that pass in good faith. The article looks otherwise eligible, with the hook fact sourced and the QPQ completed. Could you add sources for the unsourced part at the end of the History section though?--N Ø 09:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks; done. --Paul_012 (talk) 11:44, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've added an image to the nom above and asked MaranoFan for further review. (This was previously promoted to prep, but I've asked for it to be brought back for further consideration.) --Paul_012 (talk) 10:02, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image looks alright to me in terms of licensing. You may want to use the cropped version in the article as well, though, as I believe one of the conditions for an image to appear at DYK is that it should be used in the article.--N Ø 10:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. According to WP:DYKIMG, a crop of an image already in the article should be okay for DYK. --Paul_012 (talk) 15:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]