Template:Did you know nominations/List of lighthouses in Maine

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 00:19, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

List of lighthouses in Maine

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... that among the fifty-seven active lighthouses in Maine are the easternmost in the country and the first completed after independence?

Reviewed: Hollister Carnegie Library

Created/expanded by Mangoe (talk). Self nom at 22:38, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Article moved from user space on August 25, 2012, but only has 1,254 characters of readable prose. Very nice List Class article on Maine lighthouses, with great images, but DYK Check does not count characters in the list. Please expand lead to bring it up to 1,500 characters.

Expanded with material about the Maine Lights Program. I count some 2400 DYK characters. Mangoe (talk) 03:12, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

QPQ done by Mangoe on August 25, 2012

Maile66 (talk) 01:26, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

2,475 readable characters as of right now.
First paragraph needs sourcing

I have cited the historical list as the authority for inclusion in the table. The numbers came from counting and do not need to be sourced.

Hook needs slight re-working. "...completed after independence..." is a vague time frame

Maile66 (talk) 10:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

OK, how about

... Alt 1 that among the fifty-seven active lighthouses in Maine are the easternmost in the country and the first completed after independence from Great Britain?

Mangoe (talk) 13:59, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

I think you and I might be thinking in different directions. My comment meant that even 2012 is after independence from Great Britain. That's why I thought it was vague. But perhaps what you are conveying is:

... Alt 2 that among the fifty-seven active lighthouses in Maine are the easternmost in the country and the first completed in the United States after its independence from Great Britain?

If that's what you are saying, we could go with it worded as Alt 2. The hook would be 183 characters. Maile66 (talk)

That would be OK. Mangoe (talk) 15:22, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

The following has been checked in this review by Maile66

QPQ done by Mangoe on August 25 2012
Article moved from user space on August 25, 2012 and has 2,475 characters of readable prose
NPOV, well written
Every paragraph sourced
Hook is interesting, short enough at 183 characters, and appropriately sourced
Duplication Detector run, no copyvio found
Time spent on review approximately 30 minutes

Good to go - List Class article on Maine lighthouses

Maile66 (talk) 15:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)