Template:Did you know nominations/Buffalo Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River)

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:25, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Buffalo Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River)

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... that people swim in Buffalo Creek (pictured) even though the levels of bacteria in the creek are higher than the maximum levels considered safe for swimming?

ALT1:... that people swim in Buffalo Creek (pictured) even though it has the highest level of bacterial contamination out of all the major streams in Union County?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Soeara Berbisa

Improved to Good Article status by Jakec (talk). Self nominated at 23:53, 17 May 2014 (UTC).

Recent GA, well referenced with inline citations. However, Checklinks indicates some problems which ought to be addressed. Hooks are interesting and cited, but I was not able to verify them in online sources (all links under "buffalocreek.org" redirected me to the "home page" http://www.buffalocreek.org/ - but maybe it's just a problem from my site/equipment?). Picture is used in article and license is fine. Oceanh (talk) 00:05, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

@Oceanh: These links have all been repaired now. --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 00:31, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for promptly fixing most of the broken links. I think there is still a problem with the current reference number 11 ([1] reveals no pdf file, and the apperaring website contains far from all the cited material).

Then to the suggested hooks. The current reference 14 concludes that Buffalo Creek has the highest levels of bacterial contamination relative to two other streams sampled (Penns Creek and White Deer Creek), not "all the major streams in Union County". It also concludes that levels of bacteria were found to exceed safe swimming water quality benchmarks in each of the three sampled streams at least once during the season; however the sites sampled were streams that run through agriculture and forested lands and are not public swimming beaches. Reference 2 briefly mentions swimming as one of serveral activities in the watershed, but does not give any further details. I can therefore not see how the hook claims are supported in the citations, and would recommend a different hook.

Will also recommend that the article sentence "Buffalo Creek has the highest level of bacterial contamination out of all the major streams in Union County" either be modified or better supported (additional citation). Oceanh (talk) 08:31, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

@Oceanh: I've amended the sentence about bacterial contamination. I don't think that what you said makes the original hook any less true. Nevertheless... ALT 2. ... that there is virtually no evidence except for legends that any buffalo ever lived near Buffalo Creek? or ALT 3. ... half of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission approved trout waters in Union County are in the watershed of Buffalo Creek? --Jakob (talk) (my editor review) 12:54, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

for ALT3. (The original hook about swimming might be true, but I can not see that it is verified; besides the claim does not appear in the article in that form.) Thank you for the latest improvements, and congratulations with a good and interesting article. Oceanh (talk) 21:07, 21 May 2014 (UTC)