A fact from Cow Hell Swamp appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that Cow Hell Swamp got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck?
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The result was: promoted by
GGT (
talk) 09:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)reply
... that Cow Hell is a swamp along the
Oconee River? Source:
http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf Quote: "COW HELL, Laurens County. This name was applied to a dense swamp in the upper section of the county along the east side of the Oconee River at the mouth of Buckeye Creek. Named for the treacherous bogs encountered by cattle that ventured into this bovine Hades."
ALT1: ... that Cow Hell is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia? Source: Source is the same as ALT0.
ALT2: ... that Cow Hell Swamp got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck? Source: Source is the same as ALT0.
5x expanded by
Aoidh (
talk). Self-nominated at 16:19, 8 December 2022 (UTC).reply
Article is long enough - barely - and has been expanded 5x. ALT2 would be the most interesting hook in my opinion, but up to the promoter. QPQ done, referencing checks out, no copyvio, good to go.
Juxlos (
talk) 04:44, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from Cow Hell Swamp appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 December 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Cow Hell Swamp got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state), a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the
U.S. state of Georgia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Georgia (U.S. state)Wikipedia:WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)Template:WikiProject Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia (U.S. state) articles
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
GGT (
talk) 09:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)reply
... that Cow Hell is a swamp along the
Oconee River? Source:
http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf Quote: "COW HELL, Laurens County. This name was applied to a dense swamp in the upper section of the county along the east side of the Oconee River at the mouth of Buckeye Creek. Named for the treacherous bogs encountered by cattle that ventured into this bovine Hades."
ALT1: ... that Cow Hell is a swamp in the U.S. state of Georgia? Source: Source is the same as ALT0.
ALT2: ... that Cow Hell Swamp got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck? Source: Source is the same as ALT0.
5x expanded by
Aoidh (
talk). Self-nominated at 16:19, 8 December 2022 (UTC).reply
Article is long enough - barely - and has been expanded 5x. ALT2 would be the most interesting hook in my opinion, but up to the promoter. QPQ done, referencing checks out, no copyvio, good to go.
Juxlos (
talk) 04:44, 9 December 2022 (UTC)reply