Template:Did you know nominations/Harpur Hill Quarry
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:19, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
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Harpur Hill Quarry
- ... that High Peak Borough Council dyed a lake at Harpur Hill Quarry black to deter swimmers from entering the caustic waters? "A pool at a disused Derbyshire quarry, known locally as the Blue Lagoon, has been dyed black in a bid to deter people from swimming in it." (BBC News)
- ALT1:... that water in a lake at Harpur Hill Quarry, Derbyshire has a pH of 11.3 and is vivid blue in colour? "And while this visually stunning lake with its lush blue waters looks likes a tropical paradise, it's not quite the lavish pool you'd expect ... The enticing and exotic colouring is caused by the caustic chemicals used in the stone during the now defunct quarrying process." (Manchester Evening News) "Known locally as the Blue Lagoon, the quarry at Harpur Hill, near Buxton, is filled with water with a pH level of 11.3." (BBC News)
- ALT2:... that the Royal Air Force burnt captured German chemical weapons at Harpur Hill Quarry in Derbyshire?"It was manned by a bomb disposal unit who specialised in disarming German gas bombs. They had to dispose of the mustard gas and phosgene on the hills around Buxton by burning it with bleach. This was a most unsatisfactory method as large volumes of smoke were produced and not all the mustard gas was consumed." [Buxton Advertiser)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wang Wenjiao (2/2)
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:32, 27 February 2020 (UTC).
Review underway...... Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
- Expansion comes in at about 6x, and the article is rated Start-class.
- Expansion started on 27th February and was concluded shortly after that; nominated on 27th.
- All sources used are of suitable quality and have been used appropriately.
- Quality of the prose is fine.
- No copyvio or close paraphrasing noted. The list of nasty things in the water is simply a list which can't really be expressed any other way without changing its meaning, so no worries there.
- QPQ review done.
- No image used (I had a look for suitably licensed images on Geograph, but surprisingly there were none).
- All three hooks are accurate and cited, and all are very interesting. I have a slight preference for the original as it seems the most eye-catching. I corrected a typo in this hook.
- Issue to resolve before I can verify:
- Ref [2] (Buxton Advertiser) is giving me a "Page not found" error.
- Nitpicks:
- The sentence beginning The colour derived from... has got a bit scrambled; needs a quick copyedit.
- The coordinates aren't right: 53.2336 N 1.9043 W are roughly the centre of the lake.
Just a minor issue to resolve before I can mark as verified. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:42, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Hassocks5489, thanks for the review. I've linked to the archived version of the Buxton Advertiser article and sorted that scrambled sentence. The coordinates at the top are for the quarry as a whole but I've added the coord s you've given for the lake into the article. Let me know what you think - Dumelow (talk) 12:03, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Cheers Dumelow; good to go now. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 12:26, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
