Talk:Royal Palm State Park

A fact from Royal Palm State Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that women including May Mann Jennings (pictured) were responsible for creating Florida's first state park?

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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 Valereee (talk) 00:56, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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May Mann Jennings

... that women including May Mann Jennings (pictured) were responsible for creating Florida's first state park? Source: "The Florida Federation of Women’s Club, and particularly the Preservation Committee chairwoman May Mann Jennings, took a deep interest in the issue and began campaigning for the designation of Paradise Key as a state park. To their success, the state declared 960 acres for Royal Palm State Park in 1916 to the FFWC." "Royal Palm State Park". NPS.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/North Carolina Council of State

Created by Mgreason (talk). Self-nominated at 03:52, 12 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Royal Palm State Park; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Not a review; just some comments:

You need to provide a QPQ within a week of nominating
The target article needs to be in bold font in the hook.
The hook as currently crafted doesn't work; "woman" links to May Mann Jennings (in violation of WP:EGG) and you'd have to name this person in the hook if you wanted to see the picture being used. Schwede 66 09:36, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken care of the hook points, and Mgreason has supplied a QPQ. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 18:38, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll continue a review. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - There's a missing citation under "History"; I've added a citation needed tag.
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: See above. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:47, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

MyCatIsAChonk source provided. Can you clear this nomination? SusunW (talk) 14:29, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Shoot, sorry for forgetting about this one, I was expecting a reply from the nominator- approving. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 16:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest state park ?

This may not be Florida's older state park. The Florida Park Service Ranger Association page at https://fpsra.org/Florida-State-Park-History states:

"...when the Florida Legislature created a commission to erect a monument at Olustee, in Baker County, the site of a significant Confederate victory in a 1864 battle of the war between the States. This is the earliest established unit of what is now the Florida State Park system."

The above took pace in 1912. I'm a Life member of the Citizens Support Organization for this park and served on its Board of Directors for many years.

Also, the above Florida Park Ranger Association site states:

"In 1915, the Legislature conveyed 960 acres in Dade County to the Florida Federation of Women’s Club for a Royal Palm State Park – a misnomer, as the park never came under the jurisdiction of the State." Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 00:46, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point. The state didn't want the financial responsibility of either park, so they handed it off to women's organizations. I did not find a source cited in the Olustee Battlefield article that supports the statement, "It also has the distinction of being the first park in the Florida State Park system." Do you have one? Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 04:48, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]