Talk:Beegum, California

This article was nominated for deletion on 6 November 2023. The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Beegum, California appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination?

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Sources needed re: California post office history

The Hislop & Hughes pamphlet, "Tehama County Place Names", cites two sources for the Beegum post offices dates and history:

Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices, Philatelic Research Society, Pacific Rotaprinting Company, Oakland, California, 1955.

Salley, H.E., History of California Post Offices, 1849 – 1976, Postal History Associates, Inc., La Mesa, California, 1977.

If anyone has access to these books, could you please confirm what exactly each of them says about the Beegum post office? Cielquiparle (talk) 00:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 16:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination? Source: Sacramento Union
- ALT1: ... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, the Sacramento Union suggested they rename their hamlets? Source: Sacramento Union
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tjarda Struik

5x expanded by Cielquiparle (talk). Self-nominated at 06:00, 17 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Beegum, California; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:27, 21 November 2023 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Everything looks alright. Both hooks work, though @Cielquiparle: maybe change it to was vetoed, the Sacramento Union a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination – is the Sacramento Union an important enough paper that its relevant to mention in the hook? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11: Good suggestion for simplifying the hook (thus giving readers more of a reason to click through and find out more). Have tweaked ALT0 accordingly. Cielquiparle (talk) 00:12, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]