Template:Did you know nominations/Megawatt Valley


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 01:17, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Megawatt Valley

 * ... that power stations in Megawatt Valley were once responsible for up to a quarter of all electricity generated in England and Wales? 13 of the 78 power stations of England and Wales are located in this "Megawatt Valley" and between them they can generate ... between 20 and 25% of all electricity
 * ALT1:... that in the 1960s Megawatt Valley made the waters of the River Trent noticeably warmer? cooling towers do not always cool the water enough before returning it to the river ... water skiers find the Trent is never intolerably cold
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eleanor Nathan
 * Comment: Images available in article but probably not great at small scale. I have deliberately left ALT2 a bit ambiguous to intrigue the reader, if needed one could clarify that it was due to power station cooling water.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Definitely new enough, long enough, and the hook is interesting enough, just a couple of techinical issues, namely in referencing. I'll assume good faith on the hook references, but the "List of coal power stations in the lower Trent Valley" is unreferenced inline and therefore there's no way of ensuring it's comprehensive and/or accurate. And penultimate paragraph of Trent Valley section ends with an unreferenced claim.  If we could resolve those issues, this is good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:28, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Good point! I have referenced the individual power stations. I am awaiting delivery of a book which provides the list of all power stations and will use that to reference the completeness of the list.  I'll update once this has been done - Dumelow (talk) 09:32, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, ping me when you're ready. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:41, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi TRM, should be fully reffed now - Dumelow (talk) 18:47, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Cool. Two things, ref 19 needs formatting properly, and fixing a ping doesn't result in a ping.  You need to create a new comment with the corrected ping name.  But I have this on my vast and unfathomably unnavigable watchlist, so all good! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * @ The Rambling Man Ah, good to know. I have fixed the link, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 20:21, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Yup, I made a couple of minor formatting tweaks, but it's all good to go now. Good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:44, 26 October 2017 (UTC)