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Well deserved Geometry guy 23:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
I asked Raul654 here if this had a chance at the 2011 April Fool's TFA slot, or if it would be better to nominate it for April Fool's DYK this year. He replied that there is not much chance of it being the TFA next year, but did not rule it out. What does anyone else who watches this page think? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 23:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
No luck. Sigh. Well, we can always try it for the April 1 TFA next year. Or Raul may run it on the Main Page before then - which happened to Gropecunt Lane when it was suggested as a possible April 1 TFA. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:05, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
"Tongue in cheek" blurb: Robot using a grinder Quehanna Wild Area in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania was established in 1955 as a habitat for the rare nuclear jet engine. Quehanna was also home to endangered radioactive species like Cobalt-60 and Strontium-90, and was the only wild area in the state with its own nuclear reactor, hot cells, and industrial complex. The 48,000-acre (19,000 ha) wild area is Pennsylvania's largest; its great size allows visitors to track migrating tornados. The land was acquired by the state in the early 20th century as a preserve for tree stumps and ashes. Wapiti became locally extinct in the 19th century and were successfully reintroduced by the commonwealth in the 1920s. In the 1940s beaver dams in the area were dynamited in an attempt to prevent stream acidification from acid rain. Toxic and radioactive waste has been buried in the wild area and dumped in its streams. White-tailed deer, black bear, and robots (pictured) have helped remove some of this waste.(Full article...)
"Straight" blurb: Robot using a grinder Quehanna Wild Area in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania was established on state forest land in 1955 as a facility to develop nuclear-powered jet engines. Quehanna had a nuclear reactor and hot cells with radioactive Cobalt-60 and Strontium-90, and is still home to an industrial complex. The land was acquired by the state in the early 20th century after it had been clear-cut and burnt. Its beaver dams were dynamited in the 1940s to try to prevent stream acidification from acid rain. A 1985 tornado destroyed thousands of trees in the area, and defoliating insects have damaged and killed many others. Toxic and radioactive waste was buried in the wild area and dumped in its streams. Although white-tailed deer and black bear dug up some waste, since the radioactive industry closed in 2002 the area has since been mostly cleaned up, in part by a robot (pictured). Quehanna is the first and largest of Pennsylvania's wild areas at 48,186 acres (195 km2). Today it has extensive second-growth forest, successfully reintroduced wildlife including elk and fisher, the 75-mile (121 km) Quehanna Trail System, and the largest stand of white birch in the eastern United States.(Full article...)S
Since this was featured, I have swapped in three new (and better) images that were of the same or similar subjects, i.e. a new pic of Beaver Run Wildlife Area in the Fauna section, a new pic of Wykoff Run in the Geology and climate section, and a pic of second growth forest for the second photo of the birch forest in the Flora section. Now there are some other new photos and I thought that it might be good to add one, but wanted to ask other's feedback first. My thought was to replace the elk image in the Recreation section with one of the new images, and we also need to decide which of the two elk images to keep in the article.
Here are the Elk photos - which one should stay in the article?
My preference is 2, 3, or 4, as there are no similar images of valleys. (1 is a tree, but there are several tree images already; 5 is a stream, but there is another stream image). As far as mentions in the article, 2 and 3 are of Paige Run, which is mentioned once; 4 is of Mosquito Creek, which is mentioned 6 times (12, if the Mosquito Creek Sportmen's Association is included), and 5 is of Roaring Run, which is not mentioned at all. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:13, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
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Maybe a key on how to pronounce "Quehanna"? Shocking Blue ( talk) 07:37, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Please excuse my poor typing and failure to find the appropriate button to click to send you a message, Ruhrfisch. I had corrected the Quehannah Wild Area page to indicate that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, not the United States, purchased the area in question in 1784. The representatives from Pennsylvania bought the land from the Iroquois at Fort Stanwix after the United States signed a treaty with the Iroquois Confederacy for lands outside the boundaries of Pennsylvania. This is clear from reading the text of the U.S. Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) on the web page http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix_(1784)_(Transcript)?rec=449 The details of the agreements are presented on the website of the Fort Stanwix National Monument, particularly the 11th paragraph of this webpage https://www.nps.gov/fost/learn/historyculture/treaty-landtransaction-1784.htm You delete my corrections recently. Would you please restore my recent corrections? You have more editing experience than I, and I expect could restore the corrections more quickly, and be less likely to inadvertently damage the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidewald ( talk • contribs)
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I am a novice editor so I can't do the edit I am proposing. the link for reference 53 is broken. a new link should be: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0505/ML050560355.pdf Thank you. Pecokid ( talk) 14:01, 13 April 2023 (UTC)