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... that White Lake Provincial Park(pictured) is the only provincial park in
Ontario, Canada, with an exceptional provision allowing
hydro activity as a non-conforming use? Source: Ref. #4: "Also as an exception to only the White Lake Park Addition of all the new parks and park additions, there is a provision for hydro activity as a non-conforming use."
5x expanded by
P199 (
talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 26 October 2021 (UTC).reply
This article was expanded about 10x and satisfies date criteria for nominations. The reference for the claim "it offers natural treasures such as orchids and bogs with insect-eating plants" is a deadlink (the site reports "Sorry, something went wrong"), but Internet Archive
has a copy that states "Description provided through Wikipedia" (in fact, it copied an earlier version of this article), so this ref is invalid for the claim. This also means the second paragraph lacks a source, which is a general minimum per the
guidelines, point D2. Page 4 of
ref 5 states that there are 2 nature reserve zones, but the article states there is one. (However, this source also supports portions of the previous cited claim about orchids.) Everything else is properly sourced. Hook is sourced and of suitable length. Photo is suitably licenced, though perhaps it should be cropped to exclude the road. QPQ completed.
So, just the issue with paragraph 2/ref 3 to take care of before promoting this DYK.
Mindmatrix 00:15, 29 October 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Mindmatrix: Thanks for your review. I changed Ref #3 to the original source that I likely used back in 2006 (the 2006 version of Ontario Parks page). Adjusted it to say 2 nature reserve zones (although I was referring to the 3 different types, not the number of each). As for the photo, since the park is located on this portion of the lake, it shows both (see my annotations at Commons). Regards, P 1 9 9✉ 14:13, 29 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Archived source supports claim, and thanks for the annotations on the photo at Commons.
Mindmatrix 18:33, 30 October 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from White Lake Provincial Park (Ontario) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 November 2021, and was viewed approximately 2,511 times (
disclaimer) (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Canada, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Canada 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.CanadaWikipedia:WikiProject CanadaTemplate:WikiProject CanadaCanada-related 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.
... that White Lake Provincial Park(pictured) is the only provincial park in
Ontario, Canada, with an exceptional provision allowing
hydro activity as a non-conforming use? Source: Ref. #4: "Also as an exception to only the White Lake Park Addition of all the new parks and park additions, there is a provision for hydro activity as a non-conforming use."
5x expanded by
P199 (
talk). Self-nominated at 15:30, 26 October 2021 (UTC).reply
This article was expanded about 10x and satisfies date criteria for nominations. The reference for the claim "it offers natural treasures such as orchids and bogs with insect-eating plants" is a deadlink (the site reports "Sorry, something went wrong"), but Internet Archive
has a copy that states "Description provided through Wikipedia" (in fact, it copied an earlier version of this article), so this ref is invalid for the claim. This also means the second paragraph lacks a source, which is a general minimum per the
guidelines, point D2. Page 4 of
ref 5 states that there are 2 nature reserve zones, but the article states there is one. (However, this source also supports portions of the previous cited claim about orchids.) Everything else is properly sourced. Hook is sourced and of suitable length. Photo is suitably licenced, though perhaps it should be cropped to exclude the road. QPQ completed.
So, just the issue with paragraph 2/ref 3 to take care of before promoting this DYK.
Mindmatrix 00:15, 29 October 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Mindmatrix: Thanks for your review. I changed Ref #3 to the original source that I likely used back in 2006 (the 2006 version of Ontario Parks page). Adjusted it to say 2 nature reserve zones (although I was referring to the 3 different types, not the number of each). As for the photo, since the park is located on this portion of the lake, it shows both (see my annotations at Commons). Regards, P 1 9 9✉ 14:13, 29 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Archived source supports claim, and thanks for the annotations on the photo at Commons.
Mindmatrix 18:33, 30 October 2021 (UTC)reply