Template:Did you know nominations/Lighthouses in Gibraltar

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:52, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

List of lighthouses in Gibraltar

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• ... that prior to the opening of Europa Point (pictured), one of the lighthouses in Gibraltar, sailors navigating the east end of the Strait of Gibraltar depended on light from a shrine?

• Reviewed: Oakfield Manor
• Comment: GibraltarpediA; ref for hook is #4

Created/expanded by ACP2011 (talk). Self nom at 22:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

• Date and length OK. Hook 182 characters long and properly cited. Image licenced for use. Good to go. --Gibmetal 77^{talk 2 me} 00:03, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

• The primary hook fact is sourced to a travel site, which cannot be considered reliable. In fact, the entire history section comes from the Wikipedia article about that particular lighthouse, and doesn't fit in this article, as it lays inappropriate emphasis on said lighthouse at the expense of the other Gibraltar lighthouses. (It, oddly, also acts as a continuation from the lead; the lead is supposed to be a summary of the article, not a lead-in to the first section of the body of the article.) If you believe a History section is important, it ought to contain an actual history of the lighthouses in Gilbraltar: first one, order built, perhaps even ones that were built and have since been torn down. But that's not what is here: if there's nothing significant to add, historically, then that entire section should be deleted. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:27, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
• The picture of the lighthouse ran on the front page on 27 July, and should not be used again. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:31, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

• The list as-is is not really an overview of lighthouses in Gibraltar, and the information included is almost entirely about the sources used and not about the lighthouses themselves. The text for a list article should give an overview of the subject, then followed by a list. Check out List of films of the Dutch East Indies for an example of the (brief) history of the subject, not more than two paragraphs, followed by a general overview of the subjects themselves. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:36, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

• Well, thank you. NIce pile on. I feel like I've been gang-critiqued. Anne (talk) 14:06, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

• I'm sorry it seemed like a pile-on; that wasn't the intent. I was worried about both the History section and about the list section, but while I knew what was the problem with the former, I asked Crisco whether there were any issues with the latter or if it was just my imagination. Hawkeye7 stopped by completely independently. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:02, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yeah, Blue asked me to drop by. I just figured I'd point you at a fairly decent list to give you ideas on how to expand the history section (although admittedly I'm not into lighthouses). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:23, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you. Addressing your concerns one by one:
  BlueMoonset, (1) I agree that the travel reference is not the most reliable, so I have deleted it and replaced it with two others. (2) The history section of the article had (and continues to have) only one and a half sentences about Europa Point Lighthouse, one of the articles that I wrote in preparation for this article. (3) I was not trying to emphasize one lighthouse at the expense of the others. In the week preceding this article, I wrote five articles on Gibraltar lighthouses, so that they could be linked in this list. (4) My leads are normally short, uncited summaries of my articles. In this case, I originally had one large section of text with full citations above the table (probably not a great idea). After I moved my draft to article space, three other editors were helping out by making some changes, and one of them divided the text into lead, history, and list. I've removed the history header. (5) There is very little published information available with regard to the dates when the various lighthouses were installed. Therefore, a conventional, chronological history overview on this particular subject would be difficult. However, I do feel that mention of the shrine is very important in this article. While the shrine and its tower are on no list of nautical publications as a lighthouse (at least not one that I've found), the history of Gibraltar is such that many consider the shrine to be "Gibraltar's first lighthouse." I've reworded that section of the paragraph to make it more clear.
  Hawkeye, (6) I'm proposing two alternate hooks:
  ALT 1 ... that the history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Europe as an aid to navigation has led to it being referred to as "Gibraltar's first lighthouse"?
  ALT 2 ... that the Shrine of Our Lady of Europe at Europa Point is also referred to as "Gibraltar's first lighthouse"?
  Crisco, (7) I read your suggested list of films and I agree that the subject of films is conducive to a traditional, chronological history overview. However, in this case, not only is there almost no information on the dates of installation of the listed lighthouses (except Europa Point), there not even agreement in the lighthouse community about what should be listed. I decided to make my list as comprehensive as possible. The terminology utilized for lighthouses and the nautical publications are critical to understanding lighthouse articles. However, I severely copy edited the list text section, to make more clear the criteria for listing. I also have a short paragraph on some glaring inconsistencies that had to be addressed. I added a column on light characteristics, and linked lighthouse terminology headers in the columns. I considered trying to create an infobox with the abbreviations used in the columns, but couldn't figure out what infobox template to use. However, as the official abbreviations from Pub 13 differ a little from what is in the Light characteristic article, I'll try to create one if that is thought to be necessary. If that's the case, I'd appreciate any suggestions on an infobox template. Anne (talk) 15:43, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

• I'd suggest general characteristics then. For example, "the majority of Gilbratrar's lighthouses are located..." (wherever, southern shore, etc.). General idea who built the lighthouses and so on. Purposes, maybe a bit about shipping. Context is important, as you'll see in most lists which actually have decent ledes. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:54, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

• Hopefully addressed concerns over a three day period last week. Anne (talk) 12:42, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

• Now that's what I'm talking about. Blue and Hawkeye? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

• Looks like a good example of a list article: huge congratulations to Anne. I don't have time to do formal checks; have to run, but wanted also to register my approbation so I'm not holding up anything. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:48, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you. Anne (talk) 03:16, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

• Tick based on above review. No comments from Hawkeye yet. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:49, 13 August 2012 (UTC)