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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) 19:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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La Saline Natural Area

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Saline Lake and salt marshes at La Saline Natural Area
Saline Lake and salt marshes at La Saline Natural Area

Created by Georgialh (talk). Self-nominated at 22:43, 6 January 2020 (UTC).

  • Just a drive-by comment, can we say which region this is in? Spokoyni (talk) 23:56, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Good idea. Can it be changed to La Saline Natural Area, Alberta? Georgialh (talk) 00:13, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

  • Interesting fact, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Your image is licensed, and great in the article, but not as impressive in stamp size. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
  • @Gerda Arendt: can you confirm that you've checked that the 'region' referred to is "northeastern Alberta"? The source just says "The Natural Area includes the largest tufa deposits in the region" with no mention of what the defined region is - also at no point does the source refer to "northeastern Alberta". Spokoyni (talk) 13:25, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
  • The article is also uncategorised - I won't tag it as such, but this should be addressed before promotion. Spokoyni (talk) 13:31, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
  • I added categories. --evrik (talk) 19:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Georgialh, can you please add a source for that being "its" region", or just say "a large tufa dome", or something else? I am no friend of these "largest" hooks anyway. And please add categories.

Yes, I agree that this version is much better. I couldn't find any info re any other tufa domes "in the region" but the statement is way too vague in any case. If there is anything comparable, it would probably be in Wood Buffalo National Park. Georgialh (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

  • I find "no trails" also interesting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it is quite challenging to get there. Georgialh (talk) 20:46, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I think ALT2 passes muster on being accurate and backed by sources, but I wonder if it is interesting enough? Not knowing previously what a tufa dome is, or what counts as a large one, or how unusual it is for a particular site to have one? I wonder about ALT3 or ALT4 for interest? But of course, if ALT2 is preferred, I have no objection whatsoever. All too often someone arbitarily rejects on a hook on not being interesting, and then proposes an even duller one. If I've done this, please feel free to disregard! Spokoyni (talk) 22:55, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
The tufa dome is very unusual. They are generally rare, and I know of no others in the area. I thought it was very interesting, but then I'm a geologist, which is why I was there. I prefer ALT2. Georgialh (talk) 01:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
This is true (that's how I got there), but I'm not sure how interesting it is. Georgialh (talk) 01:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you for thinking about it. I had no idea what a tufa dome is but find that interesting. Approving ALT4 also, while birdwatching is such a commonplace activity that it seems not worth mentioning. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but the source is calling it a "cone of tufa" while you are calling it a "dome of tufa". Could you explain the discrepancy please? Yoninah (talk) 23:38, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
It is a conical hill. I would have simply called it a hill, but one of the sources called it a dome, so I went with that. The word is only meant to describe the rough shape of the deposit. It could also be called a mound (it's roughly 15 m tall). I'd be happy with changing it to hill, if you think that would be better.Georgialh (talk) 02:31, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
@Georgialh: actually, "mound" sounds more accurate. Yoninah (talk) 13:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Yes, I was thinking that myself. Let's go with "mound". Georgialh (talk) 18:12, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
  • @Georgialh: thank you. I did some editing and clean-up, and am restoring the tick per Gerda Arendt's review. Yoninah (talk) 18:58, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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