Talk:Hidden Lake (Alaska)

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Did you know... that firefighters were able to save the campground at Alaska's Hidden Lake from the 2019 Swan Lake Fire by creating a back burn with driptorches?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hidden Lake

~~... that Alaska's Hidden Lake (pictured) was formed by an ancient channel of the Kenai River?~~ Source:[1]

Created by Beeblebrox (talk). Self-nominated at 01:19, 20 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

QPQ:Template:Did you know nominations/Lit Lounge.

Full review to follow, but could an alternative hook be proposed here? The currently proposed one doesn't really sound that hooky, especially to those unfamiliar with the river in question. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 16:39, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Area of burned/down trees on lake shore

I usually find coming up with a good hook one of the more difficult parts of this process. Maybe soemthing about the efforts to save the campground from a wildfire last year? Alternate photo posted of that. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:24, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like a good idea if it can be paired with the image. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:57, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alt hook: ~~... that the campground at Alaska's Hidden Lake was narrowly saved from being destroyed by the Swan Lake Fire?~~ Swan Lake Fire incident report 08/27/2019 InciWeb

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: GTG ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 16:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this, and I just want to note that the image of the burned area is far too dark at thumbnail size, so this will have to run without an image. However, the hooks aren't so hooky on their own. What do you think about adding that interesting detail about burnout strategy and drip torches to save the campground? Yoninah (talk) 20:58, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]