Talk:Stony Island (Michigan)

Latest comment: 2 years ago by JPxG in topic Usable source

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk09:12, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that, after spending decades as a central hub for river dredging operations, Stony Island's only inhabitants for ten years were a caretaker and his two dogs? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 23:03, 2 September 2021 (UTC).Reply

  the hook looks promising, but I suggest it could be shortened a bit more. Maybe like:
@ZKang123: I was trying to come up with a more succinct way to phrase the hook, and what you just came up with is brilliant. I love it! How about this:
ALT2: ... that after decades of being a central hub for river dredging operations, Stony Island's population was reduced to a caretaker and his two dogs?
Either this or the one you wrote is fine to me. jp×g 02:34, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
  ALT1 or ALT2 will be fine. Alright will pass the nomination. Will leave it to the promoter themselves to decide which of the ATL hooks are better.--ZKang123 (talk) 02:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
ALT2 to T:DYK/P6

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Stony Island (Michigan)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 18:35, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply


Comments

  • Not sure why so many cites in the lead, see MOS:LEADCITE, as everything in the lead is normally mentioned in the article, reference it there instead.
    •  Y I've written an actual lead.
  • Put (USGS) after the expanded version.
    •  Y Done.
  • "in Wayne County.[5]" overlinked.
    •  Y Done.
  • "″W[1], and" ref after comma.
    •  Y Done.
  • Lead could use one or two more sentences, perhaps about its history.
    •  Y Done.
  • I would have the History section ahead of the Ecology section.
    •  Y Done.
  • "chinkapin oak, hackberry and cottonwood" links?
    •  ? I had those linked, but they got tagged with a {{dn}} because they weren't links to specific species. The source itself doesn't give this information (all it says is "There are approximately 20.2 ha (50 acres) of upland area which includes a mix of vegetation; massive chinkapin oak, hackberry and cottonwood are among the old growth"). Since I didn't want to do OR, I just removed the links.
  • "over 23 species" more than.
    •  Y Done.
  • "ed lake sturgeon,[6]:4​lake whitefish,[6]:4​rainbow smelt,[6]:8​northern pike,[6]:10​muskellunge,[6]:10​carp,[6]:13​minnow,[6]:17​channel catfish,[6]:19​bullhead[disambiguation needed],[6]:19​white bass,[6]:22​smallmouth bass,[6]:22​yellow perch,[6]:25​walleye,[6]:31​and " spaces after each reference, and one of those is already tagged as [disambiguation needed].
    •  Y Done.
  • " by Potawatomi, who" context, who were they?
    •  Y Done.
  • "connecting it to Grosse Ile[2] as" overlinked.
    •  Y Done.
  • "activity died down" dredging activity?
    •  Y Done.
  • "1977[10] until the company ceased operations in 1987.[12]" put that [10] at the end, nasty placement now.
    •  Y Done.
  • Date formats in the references should be consistent.
    •  Y Done.
  • Ref 1 needs more information, publisher/website and publication/access date etc.
    •  ? I assume you're talking about the GNIS ref; I don't think I can do this, since the reference is provided through a template ({{Gnis}}). I can try to look at the documentation, but it doesn't seem like it will work.

That's it. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 20:49, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

@The Rambling Man: I think that covers everything. Thanks for picking up these articles so quickly! jp×g 22:44, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Usable source

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[1] jp×g 05:17, 2 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Another one here. jp×g 08:38, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
And here. jp×g 08:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Permit from 1961. jp×g 08:40, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Unsigned indenture for the island, 1920 jp×g 11:43, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Who owns the rock piles? When did D&S buy the island? All of these answers and more.
1925 permit from War Department for covering fill with riprap
Letterhead, 1922

References

  1. ^ "Preparing For Shipping Start". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 1930-03-19. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.