Talk:Los Campitos Reservoir

A fact from Los Campitos Reservoir appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Los Campitos Reservoir (pictured) in Tenerife has never held water?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:29, 7 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The dam and empty reservoir in 2021

... that the Los Campitos Reservoir in Tenerife has never held water? Source: [1] (Spanish), [2] (PDF is in English, see Fig. 6)
- ALT1:... that after constructing a 54-metre-high (177 ft) dam, it was discovered that the basin of the Los Campitos Reservoir was not waterproof? Source: [3] (Spanish), [4] (PDF is in English, see Fig. 6)

Reviewed: ~~QPQ to come~~ Template:Did you know nominations/WMEB-FM

Created by Mike Peel (talk). Self-nominated at 19:50, 30 May 2021 (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:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Mike Peel: Nice article. Personally, I think ALT0 is more concise and very interesting. Epicgenius (talk) 22:54, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]