Template:Did you know nominations/Harper Pass

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:01, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Harper Pass

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Harper Pass in 2014

... that Harper Pass (pictured), a remote hiking trail crossing of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in New Zealand, was once the most important overland connection between Canterbury and the West Coast? Source: Canterbury Centennial Association (1971). Gardner, Jim (ed.). A History of Canterbury : General History, 1854–76 and Cultural Aspects, 1850–1950. II. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. ISBN 0 7233 0321 5, pages 136–141

Reviewed: Speibecken
Comment: I found the photo on Flickr, asked for the license to be changed to a free one, and offered to blur the face of the person; the photographer changed the license as requested but did not ask for the face to be blurred.

Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:32, 21 December 2020 (UTC).

Interesting historic pass, on good sources, offline source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The hook is fine. I am not enthusiastic about the photo, as more of a person than the pass, and not great in small size, but it's fine for the article, thank you! It's licensed, in case a prep builder likes it enough to take. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but I don't see the hook fact about it being a remote hiking trail in the article, with a cite. Yoninah (talk) 13:31, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Ok, fair enough. I've added a sentence and a citation. What it says in the source is that you have to take sufficient supplies (including food) and that it takes four to five days to do the track. It does not spell out that it's remote but in the New Zealand context, it does not need spelling out as tramping tracks are in areas where nobody lives. If you do encounter a settlement, that would be unusual and you would read about it in track descriptions. If that's good enough to "proof" that it's remote, then good. If it isn't good enough, I suggest we remove the word "remote" from the hook. Schwede 66 23:49, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

@Schwede66: thank you. Just reading in the brochure about how much time it takes to reach and how you can get cut off by flooding makes it sound plenty remote. But I don't see anything like nobody lives along the route in the source, and I don't think it's really necessary to state in the article. Perhaps the sentence should read: Trampers need to be self-sufficient as the area is remote and prone to flooding. Yoninah (talk) 23:56, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Good suggestion; have implemented that. Schwede 66 00:05, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Restoring tick per Gerda Arendt's review. Yoninah (talk) 00:06, 31 December 2020 (UTC)