Talk:Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve

A fact from Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve was originally a privately-owned site that encompassed cabins, a post office, and a store?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 SL93 (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve was originally a privately-owned site that encompassed cabins, a post office, and a store? Ref 2 in the article
- ALT1:... that in 1963, Mrs. W. W. Stout of Marin County, California offered $100,000 for the purchase of what became Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve? Ref 5 in the text

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/A Boy with a Flying Squirrel
Comment: Expanded by about 10x. Article was formerly at the title Lane Redwood Flat, California before research determined that the current title was the better article name.

5x expanded by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 19:11, 19 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Recent 10x expansion verified. QPQ done. Earwig found no copying. The article looks adequately sourced. It should probably include the {{Protected areas of California}} navbox, say something about the redwoods being old-growth (assuming they are), and mention access from 101, but those are not issues for DYK. I like the main hook better than ALT1 (although it is still not exciting) and ALT1 is a little misleading as Stout's offer was apparently not intended to cover the full price of the plot. Hook source verified. Good to go with main hook. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:49, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]