Template:Did you know nominations/University of Mississippi Field Station


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:57, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

University of Mississippi Field Station

 * ... that the University of Mississippi Field Station has nearly 200 ponds and was once a fish farm?
 * Reviewed: Ecological-evolutionary theory

Created by Fredlyfish4 (talk). Self nominated at 03:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations, but I was unable to assess whether there were any policy issues because the references were almost entirely offline. QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:20, 16 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Interesting article, but FN1 (the first source, which is the current field station website, and specifically http://baysprings.olemiss.edu/#about), says that there are "more than 200 experimental ponds", which disagrees with the hook's "nearly 200 ponds", which seems based on the article's 190 number sourced to FN2 (and given that it also says some of them are dry, this was a bit of a stretch). The article currently says "today there are around 190 ponds", but it's basing that on a 1996 source, which is 18 years ago, so "today" doesn't seem appropriate when then number seems to have grown since then. I think the article needs some updating before it can be approved, and an ALT hook is needed, since I've had to strike the original one. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It's going to be difficult to get agreement among sources. I know that the field station's website is wrong and can confidently say that after all pond construction was completed in the early 1990s there were 228 ponds based on maps I have (223 were "experimental"). But today most of ponds 147-190 do not exist if you visit their supposed location, and this is clearly visible on aerial imagery . Getting all of our sources updated is going to take a while. So maybe we should change the hook to ALT1 once I add the map source I have. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 23:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that the University of Mississippi Field Station originally had 220 experimental ponds and was once a fish farm?
 * Symbol question.svg New enough (for 11 May) and long enough. QPQ OK. No problems with disambig links or external links. External links checked for duplication; no copyvio found. Issue: Re citations for the hook: I cannot find any mention of 223 in the article, although I'll accept the hook's mention of the fish farm in offline citation #2 as AFG. There is a mention of 220 ponds, also referenced to citation #2. If you would like to either (a) put 223 in the article with a citation or (b) change the hook to say 220, I'll accept the hook and pass this nom. --Storye book (talk) 15:03, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Changed to 220 ponds in the hook. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 01:32, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg All issues resolved, thank you Fredlyfish4. Good to go, with ALT1. --Storye book (talk) 07:22, 9 June 2014 (UTC)