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A fact from Ping Yuen appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 June 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Ping Yuen(pictured), a public housing complex in San Francisco's
Chinatown, has an entrance modeled after that of
a temple in Beijing?
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
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Ping Yuen against the backdrop of San Francisco's Financial District
... that the name of Ping Yuen, a public housing complex in San Francisco's Chinatown, translates to "Tranquil Gardens"? Source:
[1] ("the committee chose 'Ping Yuen', meaning 'Tranquil Gardens,' ...")
Comment: Possible alternative hook (needs source check): ALT1: ... that Ping Yuen ("Tranquil Gardens"), a public housing complex in San Francisco's Chinatown, has an entrance modeled after a temple in Beijing?
Update: The paifangs at Chinatown Central Plaza in Los Angeles predate this (west gate, 1938; east gate, 1939); hence the source is mistaken. Cheers,
Mliu92 (
talk)
16:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Article meets DYK requirements, no close paraphrasing was found. Only ALT1 is approved as the first is not exactly interesting to a broad audience. ALT1 is cited inline and verified in the source. The image used in the nom is probably unsuitable as it doesn't show off the article subject much; I could suggest using the image of the gate itself in its place, although I'm not sure if it looks good in a small size. Although a QPQ was done, it was not necessary.
Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew12:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Just the gate
Some alternative images of just the gate (at Central Ping Yuen):
1960 (note the gate is open and does not have a fence, which was added after 1978)
2008 (partially cropped, but shows more detail in the building and balcony decoration)