Template:Did you know nominations/Crawfish Spring

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The result was: promoted by TheAwesomeHwyh (talk) 16:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Crawfish Spring

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Crawfish Spring in Walker County, Georgia

• ... that it was said that Crawfish Spring (pictured) supplied water to "the entire" Union army during the Battle of Chickamauga? Source:
  • ALT1:... that Crawfish Spring (pictured) is estimated to flow at the rate of 14,000,000 gallons per day? Source:

• Reviewed: Island Home (anthem)

5x expanded by Gulbenk (talk) and Gilliam (talk). Nominated by Gulbenk (talk) at 20:20, 5 July 2020 (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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - @Gulbenk and Gilliam: The original hook is potentially interesting but might need to be changed a bit. The article says "The spring became the primary water source for troops under Rosecrans' command", which isn't really the same as the entire army. The reference says Thousands of canteens were filled from its water. ALT1 is a statistic, which might not be too interesting. Apart from this, everything is fine.

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 17:31, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Thank you for undertaking this review. The hook is based on a referenced contemporary diary entry made by a ranking member of Gen. Rosecrans' general staff, who stated that the spring "affording an abundant supply for man and beast of the entire army" Gulbenk (talk) 22:02, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Oh OK, my bad. The original hook is good to go for now, though I think it should be made clear that the description of "entire army" is a direct quote from the diary, as opposed to a later observation. epicgenius (talk) 22:10, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Epicgenius thank you for the review and pass. I see your point, regarding the quote. I've placed quotation marks on that part of the hook. I think that will address the issue, but do you suggest anything else? Gulbenk (talk) 22:17, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Gulbenk, the issue is that "Union" is not part of the direct quote, so this wouldn't be accurate anymore. I think you can just leave "Union Army" out of the quoted part altogether. Otherwise this is still good to go. epicgenius (talk) 22:24, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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