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Megatron (building)
Photograph of the Megatron building taken in 2006
- Source: "Startled residents in the Huntingdon area sent police dashing to look for little green men after calls claiming a UFO had been sighted. Control staff at Cambridgeshire police headquarters at Hinchingbrooke went to the scene after several people telephoned to say they had seen a flying saucer." https://dt565gqrz3z7y.cloudfront.net/ce/image/gGIn9c1GuOvi2DirVBDxAA.jpg
- ALT1: ... that customers at this futuristic spaceship restaurant could order meals via touchscreen as early as 1990? Source: "The Alconbury McDonald's kept a remnant of its predecessor's futuristic legacy - a trailblazing computer ordering system. It's now commonplace in Maccies to order on a screen, but in the 90s this was revolutionary stuff." https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/mcdonalds-ufo-spaceship-alconbury-restaurant-19971168
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Created by Sleuthin' Sarandon (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Sleuthin' Sarandon (talk) 21:25, 8 July 2025 (UTC).
@Sleuthin' Sarandon: this is a very interesting hook and article. Article is new, long enough, and has no sourcing issues. Hook is short enough. Image meets DYK standards. I prefer ALT0 over ALT1 since the latter seems rather promotional imo (or maybe that's just the wording, idk). I've also taken the liberty of making minor formatting edits to ALT0. Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 03:57, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Icepinner: Thank you. I'd agree that ALT0 is the superior of the two. I'm still fairly new to this, so any tips for improving or promoting the article would be appreciated. Sleuthin' Sarandon 14:46, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- @Sleuthin' Sarandon: I'm not very familiar with writing restaurants but I'll try and offer several points:
- @Icepinner: Thank you. I'd agree that ALT0 is the superior of the two. I'm still fairly new to this, so any tips for improving or promoting the article would be appreciated. Sleuthin' Sarandon 14:46, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
- Is there more info on the restaurant's architecture considering it's primarily notable as it looks like a UFO?
- What about the food it served as the Megatron restraunt?
- Some of the paragraphs in the history section could be joined. Maybe like a "Megatron" paragraph and a "McDonald's paragraph"
- Add an infobox
- It would also be beneficial to add links in the sources, if it can be found online (make sure it doesn't go against copyvio)
- You don't need citations in the lead unless it has info not found within the body
- Capitalise nonstandard mcdonalds
- If you want, I have created and written Chin Mee Chin Confectionery, which is a B-class article (I don't think it's accurate but it should be an appropriate reference for this article). I wish you luck in improving this article and hope to see it for GAN! Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response 06:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC)