Talk:Clam Lake Canal/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: JPxG (talk · contribs) 19:13, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

I'll do my best! jp×g 19:13, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

• Y: good
• N: needs fixing
•  : not strictly necessary, but would be nice to fix

Copyvio

• Y Earwig's detector gives very low scores.

Stability

• Y No controversies in the history that I can see. Article is quite stable.

Prose / MoS

•   (since renamed Lake Cadillac when the village of Clam Lake was similarly renamed) and Big Clam Lake (since renamed Lake Mitchell, for George's nephew and partner William W. Mitchell) Is there a better way to phrase this?

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:41, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• N has been widened six times over the years When?

•  Done - Looked everywhere and no sources say when, just that it was at least six times.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:41, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Referencing

• Y Everything in the body of the article is referenced with inline citations.
• Y Refs 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 are good, impartial, and accurately represented in the article.
• N I don't see anything in Ref 7 (Free Press, April 1875) about the Clam Lake Canal being given a construction permit. This says only that they were organized under chapter 24 of the compiled laws of 1871, and incorporated with $10,000 of capital stock.

•  Done Reworded accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• N Ref 8 (Michigan Legislature) does not say anything about a construction permit, either. Its only mention of the canal is on page 1375 where it mentions the Clam Lake Canal Construction and Improvement Company, which it says has never made a report, and says that it is likely abandoned.

•  Done - Removed this reference. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• Y Ref 9 (Cadillac Evening News) I managed to get a hold of. A fairly interesting article!
• Y Ref 10 (Cadillac News) is fine.
• Y Ref 11 (Ashlee 2005) is fine.
• Y Ref 12 (Akron Beacon Journal) is fine.

Freezing mystery

• N Ref 13 (Backroads & Byways) says that the phenomenon "has something to do with the ice on the lake pressing down and pushing warmer water into the canal, but it's strange nonetheless". This doesn't seem to me like a confident explanation of what's going on.

•  Done - Removed Backroads & Byways ref. DNR reference is Cadillac News (December 8, 2006), now given also as a web link.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• N Ref 14 (Fremont Tribune) describes the warmer-lake-water phenomenon as "one theory", and does not present it as factual.

•  Done - Removed Fremont Tribune reference. DNR reference is Cadillac News (December 8, 2006), now given also as a web link.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• N I don't see any reference saying that the DNR said that whole spiel about the freezing phenomenon.

•  Done - DNR reference is Cadillac News (December 8, 2006), now given also as a web link.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

POV

• Y Does not seem biased, sensational, or editorial.

Focus / scope

• Y Stays on topic very well. Does not go on tangents about unrelated stuff.

Coverage / completeness

• N Could do with a bit more information. For example, ref 1, the Visitors' Bureau source has some stuff about Mitchell's initial attempt to dredge the Black Creek, followed by the part about the prevailing westerly winds. This would be cool to know some more about.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

•   The "Cadillac Canal" source (ref 2) talks about the size of the lakes, their difference in hydrology, how often their waters are replaced. This might provide some context for the canal itself.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

•   The DNR report has a whole hell of a lot of cool stuff (size of watershed, flush rate, elevation, the fact of it being in a swamp, Lake Mitchell reportedly dropping by a foot when the canal was built, Black Creek now flowing in both directions).

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

•   The High Beam ref talks about Mitchell being a stockholder in the railroad, and one of its future directors.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

•   The Judge tells of county seat battle article is extremely informative, and has a ton of stuff about the construction of the canal.

•  Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:28, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Media

• Y Excellent! I am glad that you've gotten a hold of those geocaching images. Everything is nice, illustrative, freely licensed and high-resolution. Great.

Conclusion

• @Doug Coldwell: Overall, this is a pretty nice and cool article about an interesting mystery and a piece of Michigan history. I'd love to pass it once the stuff above is taken care of. jp×g 02:53, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

• @JPxG: All issues have been addressed. Can you take another look. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:45, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell: Based. Passing it now! jp×g 18:19, 25 March 2021 (UTC)