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Ontario Highway 7A

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Archived nomination
The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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 Crisco 1492 (talk)

a wooden dock-like structure crossing a lake

  • ... that the causeways over Lake Scugog on Ontario Highway 7A took over a century of construction to reach their present state (original 1856 floating bridge pictured)?

5x expanded by Floydian (talk). Self nom at 02:29, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:

Hook

ALT1: ... that the causeways over Lake Scugog on Ontario Highway 7A were developed on an 1856 construction (pictured)?

Article

  • Erm... This isn't a GA review. I'm having one done with this article elsewhere though if you'd like to make sure every statement in the article is sourced (more like an FA requirement)). However, even though not every single sentence in the entire article needs a source for a DYK hook, this is sourced if you examine it closely. I don't specify a year because I don't have a source stating when, but a present day map suffices in explaining that "Following this" (in other words "since then" or "today") "the highway has been shortened and now ends near Cavan". Google maps will even verify this (though they aren't reliable all that often from my experience... apparently a dirt road in Simcoe County is part of the Trans-Canada Highway!). - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 23:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thats the thing about introductions. Just like the lead, they summarize or prepare you for what is ahead. Every statement in it should be repeated and sourced elsewhere within the History section. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 23:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is a completely rediculous claim. 75% of those are a word or two where the context is completely different around those words, or are proper nouns or terms that obviously should remain as is. The only parts that I have legitimately paraphrased, I have paraphrased as a complete quotation, from the 19th century. This is perfectly acceptable, it is a very real and important part of the story, and I will not be changing it. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 23:40, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting:

Comments/discussion:

Not yet, due to sourcing and possible close paraphrasing. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As for the alt hook, while I agree with the idea of highlighting the picture (only should the picture appear on DYK?), I think a better approach would be:
Alt 2 ... that the causeways over Lake Scugog on Ontario Highway 7A were constructed over a floating bridge (pictured) built in 1856? - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 23:40, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ALT2 is nice, no paraphrasing issues (sorry about that). Just one uncited sentence and then we are good to go. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 22:51, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good to go. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:40, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]