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A fact from Broomhead Reservoir appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 November 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that it has cost about the same to maintain Broomhead and More Hall Reservoirs as it did to build them in the first place?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:04, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Broomhead Reservoir

... that Broomhead Reservoir (pictured) can hold over 1,000 million gallons of water? Source: "... like Broomhead Reservoir ... this large reservoir covers 50 hectares and contains more than 1,000 million gallons of water". (Jones, Melvyn; Jones, Joan (2019). A-Z of Sheffield: Places-People-History. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-8184-9 p.166)
ALT1 ... that it has cost about the same to maintain Broomhead (pictured) and More Hall Reservoirs as it did to build them in the first place? Source: "It is reputed that the remedial works cost just as much as the basic cost of both reservoirs" [1]

Reviewed : Sherita Hill Golden

5x expanded by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:10, 27 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Ritchie333, review follows: article 5x expanded (and saved from speedy deletion, well done!) on 26 October; sources are reliable for the subject matter and article is cited inline throughout; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing; a QPQ has been carried out. My only issue is with the proposed hook, whilst verified it strikes me as a little boring (reservoir contains large amount of water), do you have an alternative? Reading the article something about the remedial works might be good, especially that the works cost as much as the construction - Dumelow (talk) 07:09, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dumelow I've added an ALT1 with that suggestion. The source mentions the maintenance / build cost comparison with respect to both Broomhead and More Hall (they were built as a single project; perhaps the article should be Broomhead and More Hall Reservoirs but that's another conversation) so that needs clarification. I was hoping we could do a hook saying the reservoir was the size of 'x' Olympic swimming pools, but without a source actually saying that, it's unlikely to stick. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:34, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, bit more complicated than I thought then! Not convinced ALT1 is a snappy as I thought it would be but both approved - Dumelow (talk) 11:17, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]