Talk:Poole's Land

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Did you know... that the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island was host to a hippie commune called Poole's Land where residents could exchange their labour for accommodation and drugs?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that between 1988 and 2020 the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island was host to a "hippie commune" called Poole's Land where residents could stay for free and their labour could be exchanged for drugs? Sources: [1] [2]
- ALT1:... that between 1988 and 2020 there existed a "hippie commune" on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island called Poole's Land where residents could stay for free and their labour could be exchanged for drugs? Sources: [3] [4]
- ALT2:... that in the summers transient workers would gather at a "hippie commune" called Poole's Land located in the rainforest near Tofino on Vancouver Island, where the accommodation was free and they could exchange their labour for drugs? Sources: [5] [6]
- ALT3:... that during the summer months, the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island partially depended on an "anarchistic Hippie Commune" out in the woods called Poole's Land to house it's seasonal workforce, as the commune allowed residents to stay for free and the mainstream accommodation would be taken up by tourists? Sources: [7] [8]
- ALT4:... that Poole's Land, a "hippie commune" located in the rainforest near Tofino on Vancouver Island, played an important role in housing seasonal workers during the summers as it allowed residents to stay for free as well as allowing them to exchange their labour for goods such as drugs? Sources: [9] [10]
- ALT5:... that between 1988 and 2020 the town of Tofino was host to a "hippie commune" called Poole's Land where residents could stay for free and their labour could be exchanged for drugs? Sources: [11] [12]
- ALT6:... that the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island was host to a "hippie commune" called Poole's Land where residents could stay for free and their labour could be exchanged for drugs? Sources: [13] [14]
- ALT7:... that the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island was host to a "hippie commune" called Poole's Land where residents could their exchange their labour for accommodation and drugs? Sources: [15] [16]

Created by CeltBrowne (talk). Self-nominated at 17:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

DYK requirements are met, but the hooks are all too long. Hooks need to stay under 200 characters, which these all exceed or are at. CMD (talk) 11:55, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: I've added additional hooks which are below 200 characters. CeltBrowne (talk) 20:56, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Those are better. I prefer the one without the dates, it's simpler. However, the sources do not support "stay for free". They seem to support $10 a night, which is cheap but not free. CMD (talk) 02:07, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: It was, to my understanding, $10 or you could offer your labour up in lieu of payment, which many sources used in the article refer to as "free". However, as this might be contentious, I've added another hook with a different wording that gets away from the term "free". CeltBrowne (talk) 02:29, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT7 is good based on [17]. For the purposes of DYK, the sentences referred to in the hook all need separate sourcing, so please go through the first paragraph of history and more rigorously source each part. This may include placing the same source separately on subsequent sentences. Once that is done, this will be good to go. CMD (talk) 03:09, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: Each line of the history section is now sourced CeltBrowne (talk) 20:32, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, found the sources.

for ALT7. CMD (talk) 02:31, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the lead does not adequately summarize the notability or workings of the subject. Please expand it per WP:LEAD. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:14, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Hello there, I have now expanded the lead. Is it now sufficient? CeltBrowne (talk) 00:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's great. You don't need to include uncontroversial cites in the lead if the material is already cited in the body of the article. Restoring tick per CMD's review. Yoninah (talk) 00:42, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]