Talk:Eighth Avenue South Reservoir

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, 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 97198 (talk) 03:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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Nashville residents inspect the ruptured Eighth Avenue South Reservoir

• ... that when Nashville's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir (pictured) ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed? Source: One book sourceOne news source
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Gerald Jordan
  • Comment: This can run without the image if a promotor decides it is needed for quirky slot or any other slot.

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 22:58, 27 December 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems: - Could use some copyediting, as well as incorporating more diverse sources.

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Nashville needs to be linked; "still lying" would work better as "while lying" or "while still".

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed:
• Used in article:
• Clear at 100px: - The image is not all that compelling or easy to discern at thumbnail size.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article itself need some work; I went ahead and did a short copyedit, but there's also some gaps in information. Would like to see this resolved before promoting. SounderBruce 05:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks much for the speedy review, I corrected the hook @SounderBruce:. The image is optional, and there are others available if someone desires a different one.. I will continue to copyedit, do you have specific areas which need copyediting and what other sources would you like to see? Bruxton (talk) 05:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

@Bruxton: I recommend looking through the Tennessean archives on Newspapers.com, which is available through WP:TWL. The addition of inflation templates and more uses of {{convert}} would also be helpful for readers. SounderBruce 06:54, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Hello, I can continue to improve the article, but is there something specific in our DYK rules that prevents promotion of this hook? Bruxton (talk) 14:47, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Supplementary rule D7 requires that the article is substantially complete and appears comprehensive enough; the long gap between events would make it appear to be incomplete to readers. SounderBruce 01:24, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Rats, I thought I had a great hook and a decent article for DYK. I guess I will have to withdraw the nomination. Bruxton (talk) 01:33, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

You can still continue with this nomination while making improvements. Combing through the NRHP nomination should point you in the right direction for other events in the reservoir's history. SounderBruce 01:46, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: I think it is an interesting and complete article. I tried to address your review concerns: I corrected the hook, I added references, I filled in gaps within the 133 year timeline, and I enlisted another editor to help copyedit. Would you consider allowing another editor to review this by placing a red X? Bruxton (talk) 03:04, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Requesting new review/second opinion. SounderBruce 03:41, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Article meets standard DYK requirements per SounderBruce's review. Any prose/copyediting issues appear to be resolved. Article seems reasonably comprehensive on the subject from my layperson's perspective. Image is properly lisensed, but I agree that it is not especially compelling or comprehensible at a small size. Morgan695 (talk) 05:40, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Copyedit notes

Saw the DYK hook and did some minor copyediting of the article. Some additional notes:

• The fort was built on Kirkpatrick's Hill which was the former site of Fort Casino Something seems to be missing here at the second sentence of the lead. Should fort instead be reservoir or perhaps park?
• Both the Mayor and the City Council directed the Board of Public Works and Affairs to hire Is this excessive capitalization? MOS:CAPITAL
• FYI, if you use Template:Inflation, figures will be updated automatically when the page is rendered (or so much as the template has available data). For example, {{inflation|US|364525.21|1889|fmt=eq|r=2}} produces "equivalent to $12,361,454.9 in 2023".
• I didn't feel that megalitres is commonly used, so I changed that to cubic meters in the convert templates.

Please {{ping|Reidgreg}} if you have any questions about the above or my copyediting. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:51, 15 January 2023 (UTC)