Talk:Capital Bicycle Club

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A fact from Capital Bicycle Club appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C. (uniform pictured), to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Capital Bicycle Club.

Did you know nomination

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 SL93 talk 20:50, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sketch of Capital Bicycle Club uniform, 1883

... that residents reported the first cyclist club in Washington, D.C., (uniform pictured) to the police, concerned that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians?

Source: Bloom, John (2015). "The Extraordinary History of Cycling and Bike Racing in Washington, DC". In Elzey, Chris; Wiggins, David K. (eds.). DC Sports: The Nation's Capital at Play. pages 3–5

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nihilism (Alexander McQueen collection)

Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 57 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:18, 3 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:14, 3 July 2024 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith 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: Looks good. Nice work. AGF on hook source. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:56, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 04:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Capital Bicycle Club/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 16:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Rollinginhisgrave (talk · contribs) 12:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'll be reviewing this article, very excited, great pictures. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 12:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose and content

Is there a reason the bicycle is called an "Ordinary" instead of "Penny-farthing"?
- Sources about the history of cycling generally use the ordinary terminology when talking about it relative to other bicycle. You're right that I should at least mention the term Penny-farthing. - G
held large number held a large number/held many
- Fixed. - G
equal-wheeled If you are using "Ordinary" bicycle instead of Penny farthing, some clarification on what is "equal" should be made here.
- Corrected. - G
the ~~first~~ introduction
- Removed. - G
Soon after the club's founding, the city had acquired a reputation as a "bicycler's paradise" due to its broad and smoothly-paved streets. in the lede it seems the reputation was gained due to the club, but here it seems incidental
- Made this clearer in the lede. - G
Use active voice for concision (and energy):

members would participate in
where riders would attempt

- Done. - G
gloss galop
women riders female riders?
- Fixed. - G

Suggestion

Interest in cycling spread across the United States in the late 1870s reorder this clause to put the year first, to more immediately establish the context before jumping into a description.
- Fixed. - G

Sources

[1] clock Interested by a showcase of English bicycle designs at the 1876 Centennial Exposition I don't think this is true
[4] Y
[6] Y
[8] clock "before or during the race"
- Fixed. - G
[9] Y
[10] Y
[12] Y
[13] Y

Other

Neutral Y
No OR/COPYVIO Y 9.1% earwig, titles
Stable Y
Broad / summary style Y
Images: All comfortable PD Y

Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 12:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.