Template:Did you know nominations/Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 21:37, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon)

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The Gordon House

• ... that wastewater helped reduce the Gordon House's monthly heating bill from $500 to $8? Source: Pallone, Cara (August 5, 2011). "The greening of the Gordon House". Statesman Journal. pp. 1E, 3E.
  • ALT1: ... that a wastewater heating system helped reduce the Gordon House's monthly heating bill from $500 to $8? Source: Pallone, Cara (August 5, 2011). "The greening of the Gordon House". Statesman Journal. pp. 1E, 3E.
  • ALT2: ... that the Oregon Garden obtained the Gordon House because of a misunderstanding? Source: Umberger, Mary (January 20, 2001). "Longshot Wright House Wins Race With Destruction". Chicago Tribune. p. 4.1
  • ALT3: ... that the architect of the Gordon House never visited its site? Source: Cowan, Ron (March 2, 2002). "A Study of Simplicity & Detail". Statesman Journal. pp. 1D, 5D.
  • ALT4: ... that at the request of the Gordon House's original owner, the couch cushions had the same dimensions as the cushions in his vehicle? Source: Cowan, Ron (March 2, 2002). "A Study of Simplicity & Detail". Statesman Journal. pp. 1D, 5D.
  • ALT5: ... that the Gordon House was donated just minutes before a meeting on whether to revoke a historic-site designation from the house? Source: Libby, Brian (April 2001). "Frank Lloyd Wright's only Oregon house saved, dismantled, and moved". Architectural Record. Vol. 189, no. 4. p. 34.
  • Reviewed: Richmond Landon (2nd of 2 QPQs)

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 714 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 23:47, 31 March 2025 (UTC).

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: Everything looks good -- great work! AGF for the source on ALT5. Of the hooks, I think ALT2 is the hookiest, but I also quite like ALT4 and ALT0... frankly, all the hooks are good! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 02:51, 2 April 2025 (UTC)