- 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 Lee Vilenski (talk) 15:57, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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Adrian Long
- ... that Adrian Long was the first Northern Irish president of the Institution of Civil Engineers? "Last night's event was presided over by Prof Adrian Long of Queen's University, Belfast, the first Northern Irishman to be president of the British Institution of Civil Engineers." from "Humanitarian needs highlighted". The Irish Times. 11 April 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 20:24, 5 February 2020 (UTC).
@Dumelow: This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. I would give this a tick, but I think a hook about the FlexiArch would be more interesting to the general reader. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:53, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
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A FlexiArch bridge in Soundwell, Gloucestershire
- Hi Cwmhiraeth, I was wary of sounding too promotional. How about:
- ALT1: ... that Adrian Long developed the FlexiArch precast concrete bridge arch (pictured)?
- ALT2: ... that
- ALT3: ... that Adrian Long's FlexiArch precast bridge arch (pictured) contains no corrodable elements and has a 300-year design life?
- Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 08:53, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Cwmhiraeth, I was wary of sounding too promotional. How about:
The image is suitably licensed, and any of the new hooks could be used. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:26, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
