Talk:Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

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Review: June 16, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk (pictured) was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:24, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Destroyed part of Rockaway Boardwalk

... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy (pictured), a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach? Source: NY Daily News
- ALT1:... that for the construction of the Rockaway Boardwalk, intended to be the world's longest, the New York City government sent engineers around the world to look at other boardwalks' designs? Source: Brooklyn Times Union 1923
- ALT2:... that the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk contains New York City's only legal surfing beaches? Source: NYC Parks

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Coventry ring road
Comment: More hooks pending, possibly

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 31 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article was 5x expanded in last 7 days (1132 B to 28 kB). QPQ has been completed. Hooks are cited, short enough, and interesting. Passes Earwigs. Morgan695 (talk) 05:36, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]