Template:Did you know nominations/Fur trade in Montana


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:46, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Fur trade in Montana

 * ... that after 1832, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company dominated the fur trade in Montana on the Upper Missouri River by using the steamboat to transport goods?
 * ALT1 ... that after 1832, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company dominated the fur trade in Montana on the Upper Missouri River by using steamboats (pictured) to transport goods?

Moved to mainspace by KingJeff1970 (talk). Self nominated at 22:36, 17 November 2014 (UTC).


 * Comment: ALT1 reflects that the AFC eventually used more than one steamboat on the upper Missouri fur trade. --Mike Cline (talk) 15:29, 18 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New article created within 5 days of nomination, clearly long enough, well sourced, meets MOS standards, images are properly licensed, hook is within length requirements (ALT1 preferred), hook is properly cited and supported by two sources that verify hook. (I have physical access to both sources). Article is neutral with no apparent copyvio or close paraphrasing.  QPQ not required. --Mike Cline (talk) 15:55, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg I don't see anything about "steamboats" in the article, just a mention of the Yellowstone. Also, there's a cite needed tag at the end. Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yoninah, the link to paddle steamer is what you need; would you prefer alternate wording saying paddle steamer like this?  Montanabw (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that after 1832, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company dominated the fur trade in Montana on the upper Missouri River by using the paddle steamer (pictured) to transport goods?
 * That's better, but it's not what I was thinking. I got confused by Mike Cline's ALT1 above, which isn't in the article at all. I guess the wording of ALT2 could be inferred from the third-to-last and second-to-last sentences under "American traders and trappers", but it's a stretch. Yoninah (talk) 22:36, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I tweaked the article a wee bit from the Malone source to clarify, either way; I think you can now pick any of the alts. I'll let  address the cn tag, because I was the one who added it.   Montanabw (talk) 22:41, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Great. ALT2 hook ref verified and cited inline. Now awaiting the cn tag... Yoninah (talk) 22:48, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Reduced the linking in the hook. Yoninah (talk) 22:50, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * took care of that cn tag last night; thanks for everyone's help!--KingJeff1970 (talk) 16:31, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 17:27, 19 November 2014 (UTC)