Template:Did you know nominations/Creekfinding

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:23, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Creekfinding

  • ... that Creekfinding was written after its author read an article about the epidemiologist Michael Osterholm and his efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier? Source: "Martin said she learned of his efforts when reading a Gazette article back in 2011 and knew right away that she wanted to tell the story." [1] "He found USDA aerial photos of the land prior to 1949, when spring water was diverted to a ditch along the road so the farmer could plant corn." [2]

Moved to mainspace by DanCherek (talk). Self-nominated at 20:38, 28 July 2022 (UTC).

@DanCherek:, "synopsis" section does not cite sources. Dr Salvus 13:07, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Added citations to Booklist and the work itself (which should be fine per MOS:PLOTSOURCE). Thanks, DanCherek (talk) 13:30, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @DanCherek:, promoted. If you want please review, Federico Gatti and Fabio Miretti. Dr Salvus 14:16, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

@DanCherek and Dr Salvus: The hook is a little convoluted and I think it can be phrased more effectively. Suggesting some alts below:
  • ALT1: ... that Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
Thoughts? Z1720 (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
That's a great improvement, thanks. (I think that while writing the original, I was trying a little too hard to avoid the "X book is about Y" kind of hook, but I think your proposed one avoids that issue.) DanCherek (talk) 19:46, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
I'm going to boldly readd the tick, since ALT1 is just a trimmed version of ALT0. Z1720 (talk) 19:49, 18 August 2022 (UTC)