Editing Reality Checkpoint (section)

{{short description|Lamppost in Cambridge, UK}}
{{Lead too short|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
[[File:Reality Checkpoint Cambridge England 2.jpg|thumb|Reality Checkpoint]]
[[File:Reality Checkpoint.jpg|thumb|Detail of its base with graffiti in 2012]]
[[File:cmglee_Cambridge_Reality_Checkpoint_Dinky_Door.jpg|thumb|The inscription after its 2017 restoration and a Dinky Doors sculpture at its base]]

'''Reality Checkpoint''' is a large cast-iron [[lamppost]] in the middle of [[Parker's Piece]], [[Cambridge]], [[England]],<ref>{{cite journal
| last = Baker
| first = Mike
| title = Not in front of the parents: How 'education speak' prevents teachers from being heard
| journal = Critical Quarterly
| volume = 43
| issue = 1
| pages = 19–24
| year = 2001
| doi = 10.1111/1467-8705.00333 }}</ref> at the intersection of the park's diagonal paths.<ref name="cam">{{cite journal
 |last        = Hollis
 |first       = Edward
 |title       = Reality Checkpoint
 |journal     = CAM (Cambridge Alumni Magazine)
 |issue       = 57 (Easter 2009)
 |pages       = 22–27
 |year        = 2009
 |url         = http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/uploads/File/CAM57/Cam57.pdf
 |accessdate  = 16 August 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716063034/http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/uploads/File/CAM57/Cam57.pdf
 |archivedate = 16 July 2011
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Lighting-trialled-on-Parkers-Piece-amid-safety-fears-28012013.htm Cambridge News - Lighting trialled on Parker's Piece amid safety fears] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130140047/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Lighting-trialled-on-Parkers-Piece-amid-safety-fears-28012013.htm |date=30 January 2013 }} "...the central column known as Reality Checkpoint..."</ref>