Talk:Lake Matoaka

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Please feel free to add information pertinent to both the lake and the College Woods here! ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Suggestions and questions
Below is a quote from of suggestions and questions arising during the DYK nomination process: Interesting detailed information around a lake, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The hook is sweet and brief, but I am open to other suggestions, perhaps including an image. - Please write a bit more lead, and more precise, - I think we can't say that Lake Matoaka was created in 1700 when the name was adopted in the 20th century - which might be worth saying in a hook. - I suggest that the Theater subsection goes to History rather than Description, because the description is about the lake, and history begins before the theaters. How do you feel about an infobox? I think the lake is too small on all images we have, - are you in a position to take a pic, perhaps? Good questions and suggestions. I'll look into expanding the lede, perhaps breaking some of the ideas into separate sentences. I think an infobox is unnecessary here, as the publicly available information that would be used in an infobox is summarized in the text block. Given the construction of the lake occurred in the 1700s and it was simply renamed, I think it is appropriate to say it was created then. Unfortunately, I am unable to take additional photos at present and the nature of the foliage surrounding Lake Matoaka is somewhat prohibitive to taking a panoramic photo (trust me, I tried). I think moving the amphitheater section is appropriate. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:52, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I trust you ;) - compare Lake Monomonac. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:53, 16 February 2022 (UTC)