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 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:31, 21 June 2017 (UTC).

List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire

 * Nominator(s): Dudley Miles (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

This my latest nomination of a list of Local Nature Reserves, and is in the same format as Cambridgeshire and Essex, which have passed FLC. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:48, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Support my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Comments by Rodw Another interesting list. Just a few minor comments and questions:
 * In the description of Farthinghoe Nature Reserve the word Landfill could be wikilinked as some readers may not know what this is.
 * Done. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The number of entries didn't match those at Category:Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire and it took me a while to work out that both "Hills and Holes" and "Scrub Filed" were pointing to Bradlaugh Fields, would it be worth mentioning in their descriptions that both are part of this same site?
 * I have added an efn note. The only source which explains the position is a noticeboard on the site, and I have given this as the reference, but I do not know whether this is acceptable. It is unfortunate that an absurd Commons rule forbids uploading a photo of a noticeboard. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Is "Daventry Reservoir" mentioned in the description of Daventry Country Park the same as Drayton Reservoir? If not it should probably have a wp article at some point.
 * They are different, and I cannot find reliable sources for a separate article on Daventry Reservoir, but I have created a redirect to the country park. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm not totally sure what the term "brick pit" means on Greens Norton Pocket Park. I'm guessing it was used for clay to make the bricks (in which case Clay pit might be more usual)
 * Brick Pit is not a common term but there are several SSSIs called X Brick Pit. It seems to be more common in Australian sources. So far as I can discover, when it is defined it means a pit where clay is dug for bricks, except for a nineteenth century OED quote where it means a compost pit. I have piped brick pit to clay pit and added the alternative usage to the clay pit article with a citation to an NI offical source. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * How old is "ancient" on "Hills and Holes"? (Natural England says "between the Middle Ages and late 18th Century.")
 * Changed to "This is a disused quarry which was operated during an unknown period between the Middle Ages and the late eighteenth century." Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * On River Nene the "Brampton arm", mentioned in the description of Kingsthorpe Meadow, is called the Naseby Source or Brampton Nene - can we get consistency in naming?
 * This is a difficult one. A google search shows that Brampton Arm is more common than Naseby Source or Brampton Nene, but some of the Brampton Arm reference are to "Church Brampton Arm" or "Westbridge Arm Junction Also known as the Brampton Arm". I am not sure whether all these refer to the same stretch of water. "Naseby Source" may be an error as it also means the source of the Warwickshire Avon in Naseby in Northants. This South Northamptonshire Council source implies that the Brampton Arm is a tributary of the Nene. Maybe just refer unspecifically to a tributary of the Nene? Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
 * In my experience "Arm" tends to be used on a side branch of a (man made) canal rather than a river but it is possible it was given when the river was canalised.&mdash; Rod talk 14:27, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Apart from these minor queries the list is looking good.&mdash; Rod talk 07:53, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments Rod. Please see the query on Brampton Arm. Dudley Miles (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your responses. I can now support as meeting the FL criteria.&mdash; Rod talk 14:27, 14 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Support – I fixed one hyphen to be a dash; other than that this looks like more great work in this area. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:21, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Giants. Dudley Miles (talk) 08:39, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Check another off the list; promoted. -- Pres N  01:12, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


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