Talk:Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant

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A fact from Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Christchurch smells?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:59, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant

... that Christchurch smells? Source: Visitors don't come, residents need to check the wind direction before hanging out washing and one couple can't enjoy the $8000 deck they've installed. Kurt Bayer meets locals suffering from a powerful, sickening stench. And further: "But it's not just the people of Bromley who are suffering. Sister eastern suburbs Aranui, Linwood, South New Brighton, Southshore, Dallington and on some days – depending on the prevailing winds – people right across the sprawling Garden City are all wrinkling their noses."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Greymouth railway station
- Comment: Well, there are photos available and I've nominated one – just in case. But if this hook is accepted, it would take the quirky spot (i.e. the last one; without a photo).

Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:28, 3 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new and of requisite length, fully cited, neutral and free of paraphrasing. I can't help thinking though, that perhaps "New Zealand" should be included in the hook, given that there are quite a few Christchurches? Gatoclass (talk) 04:39, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gatoclass, thanks for the review – it's much appreciated. My thinking is that by leaving off the country, it adds to the intrigue. Yes, we'd normally include the country but for the quirky hook, I suggest that we should be a bit looser in our approach (and we very often are). Part of what makes the hook great, in my view, is that it's so short. What do you reckon? Schwede 66 07:48, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, it was just a minor point - and yes, we are a little more flexible with the quirky slot. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 08:34, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Map[edit]

Thanks for adding the map, Kyle-nz. Arguably, the oxidation ponds are part of the facility. Should they also be shown, either within the same map or maybe as a separate map? Schwede 66 06:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, I've added a wikidata tag to the feature in OpenStreetMap so the template could be upated to show both areas. Unfortunately it seems to take several months for wikipedia's map system to pick up the latest changes in OpenStreetMap --Kyle-nz (talk) 07:04, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, that takes a day or two. Ah well, we'll see. Either way, thanks for doing this in the first instance and amending it so quickly. Top marks! Schwede 66 07:07, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]