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<small>Created by [[User:Hughesdarren|Hughesdarren]] ([[User talk:Hughesdarren|talk]]).&nbsp;Self nominated at 00:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC)</small>.
 
<small>Created by [[User:Hughesdarren|Hughesdarren]] ([[User talk:Hughesdarren|talk]]).&nbsp;Self nominated at 00:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC)</small>.
  
:* Article is approximately 6400 characters, was created 28 March, and nominated 30 March, satisfying length and date criteria. QPQ has been completed. I am currently reviewing text and sources. <font color="#8b4513">[[User:Mindmatrix|Mind]]</font><font color="#ee8811">[[User_talk:Mindmatrix|matrix]]</font> 17:05, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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:* Article is approximately 6400 characters, was created 28 March, and nominated 30 March, satisfying length and date criteria. QPQ has been completed. I am currently reviewing text and sources. [[User:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#8b4513;">Mind</span>]][[User_talk:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#ee8811;">matrix</span>]] 17:05, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
:*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] There are quite a few issues, but all are trivial to fix. The citation for "the town took it's name from the property" does not make such a claim. The last paragraph under "Description" is an unsourced run-on sentence. According to the source ([http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60096235 2nd ref]), it was established 18 months before that newspaper article was written, so sometime in early to mid 1876; wouldn't stating this be better than "prior to 1878"? The statements "deplorable appearance, not a vestige of grass to be seen anywhere", "regarded as one of the finest stations in the district", and "largest pastoral property in the Winton district" appear to be quotations, but there are no quotation marks or citations for them. (Quotations must be cited where they occur in the text.) The statement "One of the first artesian bores was drilled at Kynuna" is not supported by the source; the statement is ambiguous (first where? Kynuna? Australia? the world?), and the source does not state it was the first artesian bore, or the first at Kynuna. "Yarded" needs a definition. <font color="#8b4513">[[User:Mindmatrix|Mind]]</font><font color="#ee8811">[[User_talk:Mindmatrix|matrix]]</font> 18:24, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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:*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] There are quite a few issues, but all are trivial to fix. The citation for "the town took it's name from the property" does not make such a claim. The last paragraph under "Description" is an unsourced run-on sentence. According to the source ([http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60096235 2nd ref]), it was established 18 months before that newspaper article was written, so sometime in early to mid 1876; wouldn't stating this be better than "prior to 1878"? The statements "deplorable appearance, not a vestige of grass to be seen anywhere", "regarded as one of the finest stations in the district", and "largest pastoral property in the Winton district" appear to be quotations, but there are no quotation marks or citations for them. (Quotations must be cited where they occur in the text.) The statement "One of the first artesian bores was drilled at Kynuna" is not supported by the source; the statement is ambiguous (first where? Kynuna? Australia? the world?), and the source does not state it was the first artesian bore, or the first at Kynuna. "Yarded" needs a definition. [[User:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#8b4513;">Mind</span>]][[User_talk:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#ee8811;">matrix</span>]] 18:24, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 
:*{{tick}} trivial fixes done [[User:Hughesdarren|Hughesdarren]] ([[User talk:Hughesdarren|talk]]) 08:37, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 
:*{{tick}} trivial fixes done [[User:Hughesdarren|Hughesdarren]] ([[User talk:Hughesdarren|talk]]) 08:37, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
::*I've made a few modifications (quotation marks, fixing run-on sentence, etc.). Although not necessary for the DYK, can you explain why the article states "prior to 1878" instead of "in 1876"? <font color="#8b4513">[[User:Mindmatrix|Mind]]</font><font color="#ee8811">[[User_talk:Mindmatrix|matrix]]</font> 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
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::*I've made a few modifications (quotation marks, fixing run-on sentence, etc.). Although not necessary for the DYK, can you explain why the article states "prior to 1878" instead of "in 1876"? [[User:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#8b4513;">Mind</span>]][[User_talk:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#ee8811;">matrix</span>]] 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
  
:*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Sourcing and minor formatting issues addressed. <font color="#8b4513">[[User:Mindmatrix|Mind]]</font><font color="#ee8811">[[User_talk:Mindmatrix|matrix]]</font> 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC){{#if:yes|</div></noinclude>|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template talk:Did you know/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:Pending DYK nominations]][[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]]|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:Did you know nominations/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]][[Category:Pending DYK nominations]]}}}}}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->
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:*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Sourcing and minor formatting issues addressed. [[User:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#8b4513;">Mind</span>]][[User_talk:Mindmatrix|<span style="color:#ee8811;">matrix</span>]] 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC){{#if:yes|</div></noinclude>|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template talk:Did you know/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:Pending DYK nominations]][[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]]|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:Did you know nominations/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]][[Category:Pending DYK nominations]]}}}}}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->

Latest revision as of 19:52, 30 January 2019

Round symbols for illustrating comments about the DYK nomination The following is an archived discussion of Kynuna Station's DYK nomination. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page; such as this archived nomination"s (talk) page, the nominated article's (talk) page, or the Did you knowDYK comment symbol (talk) page. Unless there is consensus to re-open the archived discussion here. No further edits should be made to this page. See the talk page guidelines for (more) information.

The result was: promoted by Ashwin147 (talk) 17:25, 11 April 2013 (UTC).

Kynuna Station

Created by Hughesdarren (talk). Self nominated at 00:08, 31 March 2013 (UTC).

  • Article is approximately 6400 characters, was created 28 March, and nominated 30 March, satisfying length and date criteria. QPQ has been completed. I am currently reviewing text and sources. Mindmatrix 17:05, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg There are quite a few issues, but all are trivial to fix. The citation for "the town took it's name from the property" does not make such a claim. The last paragraph under "Description" is an unsourced run-on sentence. According to the source (2nd ref), it was established 18 months before that newspaper article was written, so sometime in early to mid 1876; wouldn't stating this be better than "prior to 1878"? The statements "deplorable appearance, not a vestige of grass to be seen anywhere", "regarded as one of the finest stations in the district", and "largest pastoral property in the Winton district" appear to be quotations, but there are no quotation marks or citations for them. (Quotations must be cited where they occur in the text.) The statement "One of the first artesian bores was drilled at Kynuna" is not supported by the source; the statement is ambiguous (first where? Kynuna? Australia? the world?), and the source does not state it was the first artesian bore, or the first at Kynuna. "Yarded" needs a definition. Mindmatrix 18:24, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
  • ☑Y trivial fixes done Hughesdarren (talk) 08:37, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
  • I've made a few modifications (quotation marks, fixing run-on sentence, etc.). Although not necessary for the DYK, can you explain why the article states "prior to 1878" instead of "in 1876"? Mindmatrix 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Sourcing and minor formatting issues addressed. Mindmatrix 15:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)