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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 18:27, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

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Kuiu Wilderness and Tebenkof Bay Wilderness[edit]

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Overlooking Port Malmesbury in the Kuiu Wilderness on Kuiu Island, Alaska.

Created by NorthBySouthBaranof (talk). Self nominated at 22:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC).

  • Length, date and hook reference are all in order. No copy vio noted. Img is freely licensed. Good to go.--Nvvchar. 21:00, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Hook feels too advertorial to me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • My initial thoughts were that it was probably a borderline case, but I erred on the side of promotion because it is verifiably true, and the article itself is not promotional, and has passed a review certifying it as such, as well as my brief examination.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 22:50, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • But how much of this is supported by reliable sources? What makes Lat-Long.com, wilderness.net, etc. reliable? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:59, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Well since I wasn't reviewing the article, I didn't examine the other sources, but the specific claim in the hook is sourced to the US forestry service, which is (hopefully) a reliable source.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 23:03, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
  • All you have to do is scroll to the bottom of the wilderness.net front page and your question is answered: "Wilderness.net is a public wilderness information website formed in 1996 through a collaborative partnership between the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute--the federal government's wilderness training and research arms, respectively--and the College of Forestry and Conservation's Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana." A website operated by a partnership between a federal land management agency and a major public university is two kinds of reliable, particularly given that this information is entirely uncontroversial. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 00:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I replaced the Lat-Long.com reference with one to the United States Geological Survey. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 00:40, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • If you really don't like the hook I'll be happy to write another one, but I was trying to avoid the usual "Place is X acres or has X things" formulation and actually write about the known attributes of the site. Is it really POV or "promotional" to say that a designated wilderness area is "peaceful?" or that an open-ocean traverse in a kayak is "difficult?" NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 00:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • I propose this alt hook (I verified the source and I think it's interesting, but someone other than me will need to verify it):
*ALT1: ... that Kuiu Wilderness and Tebenkof Bay Wilderness (pictured) are accessible only by boat or floatplane? --Orlady (talk) 00:39, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Looks interesting and more neutral to me as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
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