Template:Did you know nominations/Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58
- 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 PanydThe muffin is not subtle 15:13, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
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Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58
edit- ... that with an area of 12,646 acres (5,118 ha), Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 are one of the largest remaining tracts of forested land in Columbia County, Pennsylvania?
- ALT1:... that Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 are one of only three tracts of public forest in the watershed of Catawissa Creek?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Francis Nichols
Moved to mainspace by Jakec (talk). Self nominated at 18:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. There seems to be a problem in deciding whether the subject of the article should be considered as being singular or plural. The same is true of the proposed hooks, the first is singular and the second plural. If you substituted the (imaginary) word "gameland" for the article's title, you would find that the singular would be appropriate, and ALT1 would read "that gameland areis one of only three tracts of public forest ...? Sorry to be pedantic! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:52, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: "Lands" is plural and the article sometimes says "the state game lands...". It'd be awkward to say "the state game lands is", so I've decided to go with "are". I've modified both the hook and the article accordingly. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 13:19, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
OK, fair enough. The hooks are both cited inline and either could be used. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:28, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
