Talk:Algonquin Hotel

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 14:26, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Algonquin Hotel

• ... that the Algonquin Hotel has kept a cat in its lobby since the late 1920s? Source: Gleason, Will (October 1, 2019). "Meet the Algonquin Hotel cat, the fanciest kitty in New York City". Time Out New York.
  • ALT1: ... that the Algonquin Hotel hosts annual cat fashion shows to raise money? Source: Gleason, Will (October 1, 2019). "Meet the Algonquin Hotel cat, the fanciest kitty in New York City". Time Out New York.
  • ALT2: ... that the Algonquin Hotel's longtime owner, who promised to sell it "the day it needed self-service elevators", sold it to a company that then installed self-service elevators? Source: Martin, Douglas (March 2, 2000). "Mary Bodne, Ex-Owner of Algonquin Hotel, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that the Algonquin Hotel, owned by the same family for four decades, later passed through five owners in 15 years? Source: Selvin, Barbara W. (June 12, 1987). "A New Page Turns at the Algonquin". Newsday. p. 20.; "Algonquin Hotel trades for $76 million - The Real Deal". The Real Deal New York. Ben Bodne owned the hotel from 1946 to 1987. The five owners span from 1996 (when Aoki Corporation still owned it) to 2011 (when Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors bought it). Technically, this would be five owners in 25 years if we're counting from when Aoki bought it
  • ALT4: ... that although the Algonquin Round Table met at the Algonquin Hotel, no one knows where the round table went? Source: Swanson, Stevenson (July 19, 1998). "Algonquin Hotel gets a new round table: No matter the shape of the one used by Dorothy Parker and friends, today's version has pride of place". The Gazette. p. C3.
  • ALT5: ... that the Algonquin Hotel kept "starving artists and actors alive"? Source: Veale, Steve (October 10, 1987). "Vicious Circle's Algonquin hotel lives on as Manhattan legend". Toronto Star. p. E33.
  • ALT6: ... that Ben Bodne, who honeymooned at the Algonquin Hotel in 1924, bought it 22 years later after promising his wife that he would someday buy the hotel? Source: Veale, Steve (October 10, 1987). "Vicious Circle's Algonquin hotel lives on as Manhattan legend". Toronto Star. p. E33.
  • ALT7: ... that Ben Bodne, who honeymooned at the Algonquin Hotel in 1924, bought it 22 years later and lived there for the rest of his life? Source: Veale, Steve (October 10, 1987). "Vicious Circle's Algonquin hotel lives on as Manhattan legend". Toronto Star. p. E33; Martin, Douglas (March 2, 2000). "Mary Bodne, Ex-Owner of Algonquin Hotel, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
  • ALT8: ... that Ben Bodne, who honeymooned at the Algonquin Hotel in 1924, bought it 22 years later and owned it for four decades? Source: Veale, Steve (October 10, 1987). "Vicious Circle's Algonquin hotel lives on as Manhattan legend". Toronto Star. p. E33; Martin, Douglas (March 2, 2000). "Mary Bodne, Ex-Owner of Algonquin Hotel, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
  • ALT9: ... that the Algonquin Hotel's cat has received four oil paintings as gifts? Gleason, Will (October 1, 2019). "Meet the Algonquin Hotel cat, the fanciest kitty in New York City". Time Out New York.
  • ALT10: ... that the birthday party for the Algonquin Hotel's cat has been described as "a party where you would see a cat dressed as a fruit basket"? Heyman, Marshall (August 13, 2010). "Algonquin Toasts Its Famous Feline". Wall Street Journal.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chōgaku-ji
  • Comment: QPQ pending. Although the article is a former GA, its prose size never exceeded one-fifth of the current version's prose size.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:02, 26 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

• Reviewing. Bagsy the review, which will follow shortly. Cielquiparle (talk) 14:31, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Fun read! Article is long enough, new enough (submitted within 5 days from start of 5x expansion), well sourced, no copyvio issues, neutral. QPQ still pending. Comment on hooks is as follows: Original hook and ALT1 are fine...but the cat hooks have SO MUCH POTENTIAL...any chance you could come up with more...and/or with a twist? Otherwise personally I like ALT4 and ALT5 for the connection to the hotel's rich cultural history. ALT3 is the sleeper to me, the others are OK. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:01, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the review, I appreciate it. I'll come up with some hooks later (most likely when I get around to doing the QPQ, which I should be able to do within the next two days). Epicgenius (talk) 23:03, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Cielquiparle: Sorry for the delay. I have now done a QPQ and proposed two additional hooks, but I can propose more hooks if it's necessary. Epicgenius (talk) 15:21, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Approved! Good to go. Thanks for adding more cat hooks (and QPQ)! All the hooks are fine, and I'm sure the promoter will have fun choosing one, but personally my favorites are either one of the cat hooks (ALT9, ALT10, ALT1, ALT0) or one of the cultural history hooks (ALT4 or ALT5). Cielquiparle (talk) 19:29, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]