Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Presque Isle State Park

Presque Isle State Park

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at TFAR nom/doc.

The result was: not scheduled by Brianboulton (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2016 (UTC)



Presque Isle State Park is a 3112 acre Pennsylvania state park on an arching, sandy peninsula that juts into Lake Erie, 4 mi west of the city of Erie, in Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The peninsula sweeps northeastward, surrounding Presque Isle Bay along the park's southern coast. The Presque Isle peninsula formed on a moraine from the end of the Wisconsin glaciation and is constantly being reshaped by waves and wind. This leads to seven ecological zones within the park, which provide a classic example of ecological succession. The recorded history of Presque Isle begins with the Erielhonan, a Native American tribe who gave their name to Lake Erie, and includes French, British, and American forts. With the growing importance of shipping on Lake Erie in the 19th century, Presque Isle became home to several lighthouses and a United States Coast Guard station. In 1921 it became a state park, and as of 2007 it hosts over 4 million visitors per year. It has been chosen by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Parks for its list of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".
 * Most recent similar article(s): 13 Sep
 * Main editors: Trey
 * Promoted: 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: looked for a park, found this
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. This is a well-written and interesting article about a very beautiful state park. It earned FA status in 2007 and is worthy of TFA consideration. Bede735 (talk) 03:37, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Coordinator's note: It's a very old FAC and will need some attention before it can appear on the main page. I checked the first half-dozen ref links and found 3 dead – there are likely to be many more, so every one will have to be checked. There's no point in supporting this as TFA, and then expecting someone else to do the necessary work. Brianboulton (talk) 16:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Further note: I propose to close this nomination as "failed", within the next 72 hours, unless within that time there is evidence that the dead links have been repaired and that the article has generally been  prepared for a main page appearance. Brianboulton (talk) 15:11, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I will say so at Project Pennsylvania or whatever I find. I am unable to find info myself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:39, 3 March 2016 (UTC)