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The following 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 Yoninah (talk) 11:47, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

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Little Mahantango Creek[edit]

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Moved to mainspace by Jakec (talk). Self-nominated at 23:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC).

  • This is a very clever hook, but according to the source cited in the article, David Klock received a warranty deed for land "on" the creek (by "on," I presume the source means that the creek land through the property; see p.358). A warranty deed is not the same thing as a warranty, though the concepts are related. Perhaps we can choose a different hook? Maybe something about "Beauty" being located on the creek? Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:15, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Notecardforfree: No need for a new hook, I can simply change it to warranty deed. I also tried to devise an alt hook based on your suggestions, but I think that it would have been slightly less hooky. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 22:11, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
@Jakec: Thanks for the quick follow up with this hook. Unfortunately, there isn't really anything particularly unique or unusual about receiving a warranty deed (warranty deeds are the most common form of deeds). I've been thinking for a while about material for hooks in this article, and best I could think of is some form of double entendre with "Beauty" (the name of the property) and "beauty." What do you think of this:
Thanks again for your hard work with this article. Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 07:19, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
  • The original hook ("that a man received a warranty for Beauty on Little Mahantango Creek in 1793?") was well within the bounds of DYK hookbait, as would
  • ALT1b "that a man received a warranty guaranteeing him Beauty on Little Mahantango Creek in 1793?" be. BTW warranty deeds are certainly not the most common type of deed (in the US anyway, except perhaps in certain states) since most sellers lack the resources to indemnify the buyer -- title insurance is much more common. EEng 16:32, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Hi! Long time, no see, EEng. "...that a man received a warranty guaranteeing him Beauty on Little Mahantango Creek in 1793?" = wonderful. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 17:57, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
  • I'll defer to consensus here, but I do want to point out that at least in some jurisdictions, warranty deeds are the most common form of deed (e.g., in Florida). -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:49, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Like I said, except maybe in certain states. In Florida you can just shoot someone for looking at you funny and get away with it, so go figure. EEng 23:00, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
  • This article is new enough and long enough. ALT1 is indeed much more interesting as a hook than those for most of the Pennsylvania waterways we have had on DYK. This hook is cited inline, and the article is neutral and seems to be free from copyvios. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:34, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
  • I have renumbered the approved hook to ALT1b. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:19, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 11:13, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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