Template:Did you know nominations/Yukon Hotel
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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 10:26, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Yukon Hotel[edit]
... 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?
