Talk:Fordson Island

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:07, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the city of Dearborn forgot about the existence of Fordson Island for several decades? Source: Montemurri, Patricia (12 July 1981). "The island life in Dearborn, out of the main stream". Detroit Free Press. p. 96

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Niccolò Paccanari

5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 03:11, 4 September 2021 (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:
Overall: Looks fine, just waiting on QPQ. MSG17 (talk) 03:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

@MSG17: QPQ complete. jp×g 03:27, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Ready for DYK. Pretty interesting! MSG17 (talk) 03:28, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

• Just noting that the hook had linked to a disambiguation page and I have WP:BOLDly fixed it eviolite (talk) 03:57, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks, can't believe I missed that... jp×g 08:03, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

To T:DYK/P3

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Fordson Island/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• " the River Rouge. It was" where in the world is this?
  • Y Specified (unintended Michigander chauvinism, perhaps)
• Lead could use a couple more sentences.
  • Y Added.
• "are 42°17′37″N 83°08′52″W[1], and" ref after comma.
  • Y I think it's possible to just add a coordinate template and specify the ref after it -- this shouldn't break anything, so I did it.
• Don't use USGS without explanation. Just put (USGS) after the expanded title in the prose.
  • Y Done. I think I'm going to start doing this before I submit articles for GA now!
• "in 1918[3] by the " move that ref to the end.
  • Y Done.
• "which ore freighters could" do you think we'll get that article ever? Would not "freighters carrying ore" and link freighter be better?
  • Y Changed to lake freighter
• "dredged;[4][3] straightening" ref order.
  • Y Fixed.
• "part of Springwells Township; Springwells became a village, and later the City of Springwells" Springwells Springwells Springwells!
  • Y LOL! I cut it down a bit.
• Is it "City of" of just "city of"?
  • Y It's usually said as "City of", but I don't think this is necessary unless referring to the official name, so fixed.
• "employee would later say" later said.
  • Y Fixed.
• "A small cottage was destroyed " "on the island" perhaps?
  • Y Fixed.
• Are we insinuating that the fire was related to the Prohibition dealings?
  • Y Not intentionally -- now we aren't (I hope).
• "to $580.00 in" you don't need the cents...
  • Y This is some weird crap with the conversion template which I will have to investigate. figured out how to fix.
• Detroit Free Press has an article.
  • Y Linked.
• "in 1979.[12] In 1981" repetitive.
  • Y Fixed.
• "around 1976; by 1981" likewise.
  • Y Fixed fixed.
• "in 1984.[4] In 1987" ditto.
  • Y TRM was to suggest these fixes on September 5, 2021. On September 6, 2021, JPxG would read his suggestions. On September 7, 2021, JPxG would fix the article. TRM would receive a ping on September 7 alerting him to this fact and thanking him for the help in copyediting. JPxG planned, on September 8, to write his next article while keeping TRM's helpful advice in mind.
• "City of Dearborn condemned" overlinked.
  • Y Fixed.
• "by 1987.[4] In 1987" repetitive.
  • Y Fixed.
• Ref 9, 12, 15, 19: SHOUTING.
  • Y FIXED.
• Destub.
  • Y I keep forgetting to do that.

That's all I have. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 09:40, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: There we go. Wise words! jp×g 09:33, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Maybe a usable source.

Here. jp×g 08:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)