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A fact from New York Yacht Club Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that women did not enter the upper stories of the New York Yacht Club Building for 35 years?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 13:50, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The New York Yacht Club Building

... that the New York Yacht Club Building is landlocked? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
- ALT1: ... that the clubhouse of the New York Yacht Club is landlocked? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
- ALT2: ... that the New York Yacht Club has a landlocked clubhouse in midtown Manhattan? Source: Smith, Parker (July 13, 1987). "Arena". Newsday. p. 72.
- ALT3: ... that the New York Yacht Club Building contains windows that are designed to resemble the sterns of 18th-century mans-of-war? Source: Voboril, Mary (February 22, 2001). "An Urban Ode To the Sea / With its nautical trappings and striking facade, the 100-year-old building that houses the New York Yacht Club is considered one of Manhattan's architectural gems". Newsday.
- ALT4: ... that the New York Yacht Club Building contains hundreds of model boats, some of which "are as expensive as some yachts"? Source: Burke, Ted (September 1973). "The Private World of New York's Very Best Clubs". Town & Country. Vol. 127, no. 4611. p. 137.
- ALT5: ... that some of the model yachts in the New York Yacht Club Building cost as much as actual yachts? Source: Burke, Ted (September 1973). "The Private World of New York's Very Best Clubs". Town & Country. Vol. 127, no. 4611. p. 137.
- ALT6: ... that except for a party shortly after the New York Yacht Club Building opened, no woman entered its upper stories for 35 years? Source: "Yacht Club Plans 'ladies Day' Here; Doors of New York Group's House to Open to Women First Time Since 1901". The New York Times. March 14, 1936.
- ALT7: ... that women did not enter the upper stories of the New York Yacht Club Building for 35 years? Source: "Yacht Club Plans 'ladies Day' Here; Doors of New York Group's House to Open to Women First Time Since 1901". The New York Times. March 14, 1936.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jalen Dalton

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:05, 1 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great descriptive prose, incredible research. I wish Wikimedia could be invited in to capture the interiors. ALT7 is most radical. No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:57, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@No Swan So Fine and Epicgenius: The QPQ isn't done. Don't approve nominations when their QPQs haven't finished. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:27, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Oops, sorry about that. I'll do a QPQ by tomorrow. Thanks for reviewing this nomination No Swan So Fine, I really appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 18:30, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Just a heads-up that I've now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 16:38, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks :) No Swan So Fine (talk) 08:16, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - ticking for posterity theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 11:18, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]