Template:Did you know nominations/Mount Moulton

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:25, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Mount Moulton

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• ... that ice almost half a million years old has been found on a mountain named after a dog driver?"The Mount Moulton blue ice site contains ice that is close to 500 ky old"," Mount Moulton is named for Richard S. Moulton, chief dog driver with the 1939-1941 U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition, which visited the west end of Flood Range in December 1940. "

5x expanded by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 26 August 2019 (UTC).

• Hi Jo-Jo Eumerus, you need to specify your QPQ. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:10, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

  @Gog the Mild:Here it is; I didn't have time yesterday for a review so I did put this nomination up before the QPQ. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:21, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

• I am being picky, but could we have a cite directly after the semi colon ending "The volcano is named for Richard S. Moulton, chief dog driver of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition;"?

• Sure, done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:29, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go Gog the Mild (talk) 12:15, 27 August 2019 (UTC)