Template:Did you know nominations/Pond Creek (Little Wapallopen Creek)


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 18:53, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Pond Creek (Little Wapwallopen Creek)

 * ... that Pond Creek is in Pennsylvania, just south of the Wyoming mountains?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Snail caviar
 * Comment: Hook designed to mess with people who aren't familiar with the Wyoming Valley.

Moved to mainspace by Jakec (talk). Self nominated at 18:15, 23 January 2015 (UTC).


 * I don't see where the cited source says that Long Pond Creek and Pond Creek are the same. EEng (talk) 04:40, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * There is no Long Pond Creek, as one can see from lists like this. As for why it's the name of some other stream, it meets the description of Pond Creek precisely (for one thing, it flows through Long Pond, which is a GNIS official variant for Lily Lake, which Pond Creek flows through). And then there's the undeniable similarity of the names. Seems pretty simple to me and I like the quirkiness, but I suspect you'll want another hook. Let me see if I can slap together something else...
 * Okay, ALT1:  ... that the surficial geology in the vicinity of Pond Creek includes Wisconsinan Till, alluvium, boulder alluvium, alluvial fan, bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale, and wetlands? --Jakob (talk)  21:27, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I blindly added a zillion links to ALT1, and not surprisingly a few have come back red. Since you're the expert I'll leave those to you ;). I think you're almost certainly right about (Long) Pond Creek but it's (borderline, admittedly) SYNTH. When you think about it, it wouldn't be impossible that there are two different creeks, Pond Creek and Long Pond Creek, very near each other but with different names to distinguish them. Unlikely, but let's stay away from it. EEng (talk) 22:35, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * You're right about [Long] Pond Creek and I'm fine with leaving out ALT0. I delinked Wisconsinan Till and boulder alluvium since it says somewhere in the DYK rules that redlinks can't be in a hook. Maybe someone should create a couple of articles on these.... --Jakob (talk)  22:46, 22 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed now that hook has been established. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:04, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, long enough, hook agreed to above, QPQ done, could also add ref to Sybertsville surficial map for geology. Zeete (talk) 20:22, 5 March 2015 (UTC)