Talk:Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3

Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on June 22, 2013.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 28, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
February 19, 2009	Featured article candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 4, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the mid-19th century stone arch Bridge No. 3 over Plunketts Creek in Pennsylvania, USA, is listed on the Historic American Engineering Record even though it was destroyed in a 1996 flood?

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Should this map be included in the article?

Should this map be included in the article? It is from the Pennsylvania 1916 Highway map of Lycoming County with numbers added to show the sites of the four bridges. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:41, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I like it. It helps show why the bridge was named the way it was. Although easier to see markers for the bridges would be nice. --D.B.^{talk•contribs} 05:18, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks I will work on a version with larger numbers. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I updated the map - are the numbers large enough now? Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 05:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, the map looks good. --D.B.^{talk•contribs} 05:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have some more material to expand the article and will add the map then too. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This type of great little article, with map, very interesting for readers. I'd like to comment, and help narrow the range of construction: '... built between 1840 and 1875'. Bridge must have appeared via Civil War, which would at least narrow the range to 1865. Sorry if my post incorrectly located Padraeg Sullivan 21:50, 22 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PADRAEG (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your comments and kind words. There were no Civil War battles in or near Lycoming County, so I am not sure of the Civil War connection - more importantly, information in the article needs to be based on reliable sources and the sources I have seen for this bridge do not make the war connection. If you know of published reliable sources that mention the bridge and are not included in the article (or if I have missed something in the sources already used), please feel free to include the new information. Thanks again,Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:08, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How did this minor bridge get to be in article of the day?

How many thousands of similar bridges are there in the world? A lot. This one looks particularly ordinary and isn't even standing any more. I can't believe some of the trivial material that makes it to the front page of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawebster (talk • contribs) 09:09, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am the main editor on this article and will try to answer your question. To be Today's Featured Article (on the Main Page as the "article of the day") an article must first be a Featured Article, which this became back in 2009 - see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3. Although there are thousands of similar bridges in the world, there are not that many FAs on bridges. Finally this was nominated (by someone else) to be on the Main Page at WP:TFA/R. If you do not like this process, please bring it up at the talk pages of either WP:FA or WP:TFA/R. Thanks for your feedback, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:52, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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