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! align="right" | July 2016
! align="right" | July 2016
| <s>[[Halifax]]</s>
| <s>[[Halifax]]</s>
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| [[Palmyra (New York)]]
for Hill Cumorah Pageant
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[[Palmyra (New York)]]
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| [[Copenhagen Airport]] - pending fixes and stronger consensus to support
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{{banner|direction=left|title=Edinburgh/New Town|alt-title=New Town, Edinburgh|section=Destination of the Month|section-link=Previous Destinations of the month|image=NewTownEdinburghBanner4.jpg|quote=In this elegantly master-planned quarter of Scotland's capital, you'll find orderly blocks of well-preserved stone buildings in 18th-century period style — as well as a wealth of high-culture destinations like the National Gallery of Scotland.}}
{{banner|direction=left|title=Edinburgh/New Town|alt-title=New Town, Edinburgh|section=Destination of the Month|section-link=Previous Destinations of the month|image=NewTownEdinburghBanner4.jpg|quote=In this elegantly master-planned quarter of Scotland's capital, you'll find orderly blocks of well-preserved stone buildings in 18th-century period style — as well as a wealth of high-culture destinations like the National Gallery of Scotland.}}
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{{banner|direction=left|title=
Palmyra (New York)|alt-title=Palmyra, New York
|section=Off the Beaten Path|section-link=Previously Off the beaten path|image=
PalmyraNYBanner2
.jpg
|width=30%
|quote=
On
the
banks
of the Erie Canal
,
this charming Upstate New York
small
town
is
the
birthplace
of
the
Latter-Day
Saints
movement —
a
history
commemorated every summer at the
famous
Hill
Cumorah
Pageant
.}}
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{{banner|direction=left|title=
Salalah
|section=Off the Beaten Path|section-link=Previously Off the beaten path|image=
SalalahBanner4
.jpg|quote=
With
its
temperate
climate
,
Dhofar’s
historic
capital
is
a
cool
escape
from
Arabian
summers,
and
a
winter
wonderland
for
divers
and
naturalists
.}}
{{banner|direction=left|title=Copenhagen Airport|section=Featured Travel Topic|section-link=Previous Featured travel topics|image=CPHBanner1.jpg|quote=Scandinavia’s major air hub is a calm and pleasant experience complete with Danish design.}}
{{banner|direction=left|title=Copenhagen Airport|section=Featured Travel Topic|section-link=Previous Featured travel topics|image=CPHBanner1.jpg|quote=Scandinavia’s major air hub is a calm and pleasant experience complete with Danish design.}}
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==Nominations for Off the Beaten Path==
==Nominations for Off the Beaten Path==
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===[[Palmyra (New York)]]===
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{{FeatureNom
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| place=Palmyra (New York)
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| blurb=On the banks of the Erie Canal, this charming Upstate New York small town is the birthplace of the Latter-Day Saints movement — a history commemorated every summer at the famous Hill Cumorah Pageant.
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| status=Guide
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| time=July or June (Hill Cumorah Pageant is mid-July), elsewise anytime between March and October
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| nominatedBy=[[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 23:36, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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| comment=Blurb needs work. Been working on it off and on since 2012, before the move to the WMF. [//en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Palmyra_(New_York)&oldid=1082942 This] is what it looked like when I started. It's definitely off the beaten path, but its attractions include the holiest sites of a significant world religion with more than 15 million adherents.
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| DotMImage=[[File:Hill Cumorah Pageant heralds.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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*'''Support'''. That's a lot of really good work! I haven't read through the entire article with a fine-toothed comb, but I feel very satisfied that I've read through enough of it to be able to testify to its high quality. A few more photos, if available (perhaps one of the canal?) would be welcome. [[User:Ikan Kekek|Ikan Kekek]] ([[User talk:Ikan Kekek|talk]]) 01:12, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*: Free photos are hard to come by, in part because searching produces false positives with [[Palmyra]]. There are some options out there, and I've got a couple of my own I might be able to use; I just haven't added them yet. I appreciate the reminder, though! [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 01:20, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*:: I've added a couple of photos; feel free to look for some more to add! [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 02:22, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*'''Support'''. Excellent work, [[User:LtPowers|Powers]], though I echo [[User:Ikan Kekek|Ikan]]'s request for more photos. Let's put this on the Main Page in July 2016, to coincide with the Hill Cumorah pageant (and to avoid running too close to Buffalo's DotM run, which I envision for June 2015). -- [[User:AndreCarrotflower|AndreCarrotflower]] ([[User talk:AndreCarrotflower|talk]]) 02:12, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*:Small nitpick: in an article with nine other places in the Eat section that aren't national chains, do we really need a listing for Subway? -- [[User:AndreCarrotflower|AndreCarrotflower]] ([[User talk:AndreCarrotflower|talk]]) 02:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*::Need, no, but the list isn't strongly curated, so it seemed odd to omit it just because it's a chain. In small towns like this, without local specialty cuisines, sometimes consistency and predictability is desirable for a traveler over greasy spoons and diners with unknown standards. I'd thought about just mentioning it without giving it a full listing, but I thought its location inside a gas station was best explained in a full listing. [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 02:22, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*'''Support''' - The article looks good, I can't really find anything big to complain about though I do notice there are quite many redlinks in the article. Yeah, and of course some more photos would be great. [[User:Ypsilon|ϒpsilon]] ([[User talk:Ypsilon|talk]]) 19:28, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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*:Are redlinks a problem for some reason? And there are now six photos in the article; if you find any more you'd like to add feel free, but policy does request we don't go overboard. [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 21:25, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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:::I believe we have enough photos at this point. -- [[User:AndreCarrotflower|AndreCarrotflower]] ([[User talk:AndreCarrotflower|talk]]) 00:02, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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::::Yes indeed, with the two that [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] added since this discussion started. [[User:Ikan Kekek|Ikan Kekek]] ([[User talk:Ikan Kekek|talk]]) 01:06, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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[unindent] This is another article with 3 votes of support. Any interest from anyone else? [[User:Ikan Kekek|Ikan Kekek]] ([[User talk:Ikan Kekek|talk]]) 00:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
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*'''Support'''-I can't imagine there is anything important left out of this article. My only suggestion is to add a summary paragraph under "Do" since all the other sections have one.[[User:Godsendlemiwinks|Godsendlemiwinks]] ([[User talk:Godsendlemiwinks|talk]]) 22:17, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
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*'''Request''' - As spring approaches, I am likely to have the opportunity to head out to Palmyra to take photos before the article is featured in July. Does anyone have an idea for a photo subject that would enhance the article? [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 20:34, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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::I think the article is well-covered in terms of photographs. The only thing that strikes me as obviously lacking is any images of the Hill Cumorah pageant itself, but given that the article will already be on the Main Page by the time this year's starts, we would be limited to what can be found on Commons or the copyleft-compatible sections of Flickr. -- [[User:AndreCarrotflower|AndreCarrotflower]] ([[User talk:AndreCarrotflower|talk]]) 20:41, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
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I appreciate [//en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_month_candidates&diff=next&oldid=2979921 this go] at revising the blurb, but it falls a bit flat with me. "On the banks of the Erie Canal" is pretty pedestrian -- it'd be nice to explain the appeal of the Erie Canal. It's a bit awkward to use "charming" unironically when the article itself addresses the overuse of the term. And "famous" seems like filler. I agree it's good to mention the Hill Cumorah Pageant, though, so it's definitely an improvement in that respect. Anyone have any other thoughts? [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <small><sup>([[User talk:LtPowers|talk]])</sup></small> 17:08, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
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:Re: "it'd be nice to explain the appeal of the Erie Canal" - It's a bit of a tall order to do that within the space constraints of a three-line-maximum DotM blurb.
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:Re: use of the word "charming" - In my opinion, DotM blurbs are the one place on the site where it's okay to use (within reason) flowery promotional language. After all, with featured articles we ''are'' trying to sell our readers - not on the destination as a great place to visit, necessarily, but on the article as an example of some of our best content. Overused though it may be, viewed in that light "charming" is an appropriate type of word to use, and is maybe the most accurate way to succinctly describe the town given, again, the space constraints DotM blurbs present us with.
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:Re: "famous" - I'll cop to that as a filler word, but I think the copy reads better with an adjective qualifying "Hill Cumorah Festival". I'm not going to advocate for this as hard as the other two points, though.
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