Template:Did you know nominations/El Paso Star 2

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:58, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

El Paso Star

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The El Paso Star illuminated at sunset in 2012

... that the El Paso Star (pictured) is lit up every night and visible from the air up to 100 miles (160 km) away? Source: [1][2][3]
- ALT1: ... that the El Paso Star (pictured) has been frequently vandalized throughout its entire existence? Source: [4]
- ALT2: ... that the El Paso Star (pictured) costs about $8 to light per night? Source: [5]
- ALT3: ... that the El Paso Star (pictured) has a length greater than its width to correct distortion when viewed from the ground? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99778802/epec-to-light-star-friday/
- Comment: Previously nominated, withdrawn then.

Improved to Good Article status by Bsoyka (talk). Self-nominated at 19:46, 17 April 2022 (UTC).

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - n

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: None required.

Overall: There appears to be some close paraphrasing that needs to be reviewed. --evrik ^(talk) 05:00, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

@Evrik: Fixed that up a little, mostly names and a quote now. Bsoyka (talk) 11:53, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

comment "prevent distortion" surely it corrects the distortion caused by viewing it from the ground. Victuallers (talk) 13:09, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Edited. Bsoyka (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Approving Alt0 hook. --evrik ^(talk) 20:34, 18 April 2022 (UTC)