Talk:Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area

A fact from Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area has one of the largest fields of Virginia bluebell flowers (pictured) in northern Virginia?

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Did you know nomination

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 SL93 (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Virginia bluebells

... that Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area has one of the largest fields of Virginia bluebell flowers (pictured) in northern Virginia? Source: "5 places in the area to see bluebells blooming". Northern Virginia Magazine. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022., "A festival of Bluebells at Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area". Marine Corps Base Quantico. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Voting in space
- Comment: Special Date request: April 10, the day of the festival. Also, the lead hook with image would be nice, if available.

Created by Maile66 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:38, 4 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Maile66, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 4 March; article is well written and exceeds minimum length; sources look to be reliable; I didn't find any issue with overly close paraphrasing - though you might consider rephrasing "upland depressional forest with many unique species of plants" which is taken direct from the source, particularly as I don't know what a "depressional forest" is; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to source cited; image is good, relevant and is freely licensed through Flickr; a QPQ has been carried out. Date request seems appropriate. Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 08:30, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. "upland depressional forest" is geological terminology, as is "species" and used throughout the source, so no way to adequately re-word that part. "Unique" is only used once in the source.— Maile (talk) 12:03, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]