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A fact from Clover Point appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 July 2024 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that untreated sewage was dumped directly into the ocean from Clover Point (pictured) until 2020? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clover Point.

Note to self, read these possible sources later: [1] [2] [3] [4]. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC) reply

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 Bruxton  talk  15:48, 16 July 2024 (UTC) reply

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Pedestrian view of Clover Point

• ... that untreated sewage was dumped directly into the ocean from Clover Point (pictured) until 2020?

• Source: https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/the-road-to-sewage-treatment-a-timeline-5155326

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Created by Clovermoss ( talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:45, 7 July 2024 (UTC). reply

• New article of good length. Sources look fine and I didn't find any copyright issues. The hook is interesting and short. The picture is freely licensed and works in a small format. Third nomination, so QPQ is not needed. Seems like everything is good and ready to go, well done! Ffranc ( talk) 11:53, 8 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello Clovermoss Take a look at the Manual of Style Units of measurement/Unit choice and order. MOS:Unit where it states that other than the US and the UK, "In all other articles, the primary units chosen will be SI units". Avi8tor ( talk) 04:34, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Could you expand on what you mean here, Avi8tor? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

If you're talking about the usage of acre, I did that because that was the measurement the given source used ( CBC News) and I'm not particularly great at converting units. I see that another editor found a template to provide such information. Or are you implying that the order of such information should per swapped per MOS:UNIT? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:46, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Noting that the article on acre also states The acre is used in many established and former Commonwealth of Nations countries by custom and is is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems. I'm not sure if this is actually in conflict with MOS:UNIT? It's entirely possible I could be wrong, which is why I was asking you to clarify. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:53, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

The Manual of style is not really interested in what sources say because they can be cherry picked, but they do want a source. I believe this is why the MOS states "shall be SI" except the US and UK (which is mess). Probably because that's what the Canadian law states. I can change it for you with a convert template. The reason I write is because it's your article and I didn't want to step on your toes. No one knows everything in the MOS. Avi8tor ( talk) 11:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

To clarify, the primary unit should be SI, the source can be a non SI unit with display equals flip. Avi8tor ( talk) 12:08, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Avi8tor: I was also confused about whether an acre is actually an SI measurement or not. Google wasn't very helpful when I tried to figure this out. I'm more familiar with kgs vs lbs than I am with other units. Anyways, I don't own the article and people are free to make improvements. I'm just concerned that your recent edit might cause the same issue that was fixed here? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC) reply

clovermoss The SI unit for Area is the square metre (m2), a hectare is the SI equivalent to an acre for larger areas, measuring 100 m by 100 m which gives 10000 m2. The SI page or the acre would give you the answer to your question. Avi8tor ( talk) 14:56, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply

I did read the article earlier but missed the "SI conversion" field in the infobox. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:58, 28 July 2024 (UTC) reply