Template:Did you know nominations/Harveys Lake (Pennsylvania)

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 03:37, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Harveys Lake (Pennsylvania)

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• ... that Harveys Lake (pictured) is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by volume?

• ALT1:... that Harveys Lake (pictured), the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by volume, was discovered by accident?
• ALT2:... that Harveys Lake (pictured) is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by volume and the second-largest by surface area?

:* ALT3:... that the online encyclopedia Wikipedia did not have an article on the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania (pictured) until February 3, 2015, more than 14 years after the website was founded?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sicarius of Brantôme

Moved to mainspace by Jakec (talk). Self nominated at 18:50, 3 February 2015 (UTC).

• The article is new and long enough, and Earwig's script lists no copyvio problems. ALT3 cannot be accepted as Wikipedia is not a reliable source, the other alts seem slightly problematic as the US Environmental Protection Agency source says the lake is the fourth largest in Pennsylvania, and the word "volume" does not appear in it. Can you direct me to exactly where each of the hooks are cited in the article in their respective sources? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:30, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

• @Ritchie333: ALT3 was a joke, much like ALTa at this nomination. I never intended for it to be approved. (I had thought that it would be obvious and apologize if it wasn't.) Page 3 of this (already directly cited to the hook), which contains the hook fact as well. The EPA source you mentioned says its "th4 largest lake...", not the "the 4th largest lake". "4" is undoubtedly a typo; they meant "e". --Jakob (talk) 19:03, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

• You're not allowed to be funny on Wikipedia without express written permission from User:Martinevans123, so watch it :-P Anyway, I see where I went wrong, so the hooks are indeed cited properly in the article. ALT1's my favourite, but I'll let the prep builder make a final decision. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:45, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
  • We'll have no humour here, thanks, or even "humor". Or the Wolf who owns the lake will come over and say "Now Jimmie, hand them the soap". 11:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

• LOL, I'll try to never be funny again. --Jakob (talk) 12:52, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

• I hate to point this out, but what lakes were discovered on purpose? Do people say, "Let's go find a lake?" Isn't it usually that someone comes over a ridge and says, "Wow! There's a lake here!"? EEng (talk) 05:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Well I think in the past, explorers have had some general idea of what they were looking for, mountains, plants etc. I think in this case he wasn't specifically looking for geological features, so while you wouldn't discover a lake on purpose, you may be deliberately looking for features like that. Of course, in the days of global satellite photography, such activity is now moot. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:28, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Maybe you're thinking of an accidental lake? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

• ALT4 ... that Harveys Lake (pictured) was discovered by a man returning home after being held as a prisoner of war? EEng (talk) 13:04, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
• ALT5 ... that Harveys Lake (pictured), the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by volume, was discovered by a man returning home after being held as a prisoner of war? --Jakob (talk) 13:06, 9 February 2015 (UTC)