Talk:Sanpoil River

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Did you know... that six different dams were proposed for the lower Sanpoil River?

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Proposed dams report[edit]

Report of proposed dam locations on the river. Columbia river and tributaries Vol2 1952--Kev min §

Did you know nomination[edit]

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) 20:54, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sanpoil Arm of the Sanpoil river at FDR Lake

That the lower Sanpoil River (Sanpoil Arm pictured) has been flooded by both Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, and Glacial Lake Columbia?
- ALT1:... that six different dams had been proposed for the lower Sanpoil River (Sanpoil Arm pictured)? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- ALT2:... the Sanpoil River (Sanpoil Arm pictured) was visited by Canadian explorer David Thompson on July 3, 1811?

Reviewed: Acanthaspis quinquespinosa
Comment: Reviewed Acanthaspis quinquespinosa of the nom

5x expanded by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 19:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: It does not appear that the article actually specifies that those two lakes were the source of the flooding. Ergo Sum 22:33, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ergo Sum: Citation 2 covers Lake Roosevelt on its page 40-6 "The Grand Coulee Project caused the impoundment of approximately 12 miles of the San Poil River and additional reaches of tributary streams", while Citation 4 covers Glacial Lake Columbia, as the entire topic of the paper is on its flooding of the Sanpoil valley and nearby areas, and see paragraph 2 of the Introduction section for specific reference to flooding.--Kev min § 00:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not seeing it. I see the references, but DYK Rule 3 requires that the hook to be directly stated and cited in the article. If you write a sentence about those two bodies of water being the sources of the flooding, that will satisfy it. Ergo Sum 01:10, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ergo Sum: oh, I understand what your looking for now. Roosevelt lake is covered in the last paragraph of the course section "The dam flooded the last twelve miles of the Sanpoil River as well. This part of Lake Roosevelt is called the Sanpoil Arm", and Glacial Lake Missoula is covered by the third sentence in the Geology section "The lower river course, to a point north of Manila Creek, were notably marked by cyclical inundation from Glacial Lake Columbia over a period of at least 900 years during the Fraser Glaciation."

Okay, I think that works. Good to go. Ergo Sum 15:47, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]