Talk:Reindeer Station

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Did you know... that Andrew Bahr drove a herd of 3,000 reindeer from Nome, Alaska to Reindeer Station, earning the nickname "The Arctic Moses"?

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Did you know nomination

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Andrew Bahr drove a herd of 3,000 reindeer from Nome, Alaska to Reindeer Station, earning the nickname "The Arctic Moses"? Source: "After three years on the trail, only two thousand reindeer were still with the herd. Hundreds had frozen to death, hundreds more bolted and were never recovered, and countless others were weakened by insects and devoured by wolves. The drive was years behind schedule, and all Bahr, who by now had earned the nickname “The Arctic Moses,” could tell the Lomens and the Canadian officials was that he was “making haste slowly.”" [1]
- ALT1:... that the "Arctic Moses" earned his nickname by driving 3,000 reindeer from Nome, Alaska to Reindeer Station?

Reviewed: This is my second of 5 DYK nominations.

Created by Awmcphee (talk). Self-nominated at 05:58, 26 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: ~~There are a few slight matches, but nothing too major.~~ @Awmcphee: Nice work on this page. The only small issue is there are a few sentences that paraphrase somewhat closely. Otherwise this is good to go. Epicgenius (talk) 03:08, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your patience. I just cut the score down from 12.5% to 7.4%. Awmcphee (talk) 01:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I've looked at the nomination again, and I've manually changed some phrases that matched a bit closely. Feel free to refine further if these were not correct interpretations. This is good to go now. Epicgenius (talk) 18:57, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]