Talk:Lick Creek, Indiana

Lick Creek, Indiana is currently a Places good article nominee. Nominated by DeishaJ (talk) at 20:31, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

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A fact from Lick Creek, Indiana appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 November 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lick Creek, a settlement of freeborn Black people, used to exist in Hoosier National Forest?

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The result was: promoted by Bunnypranav talk 14:59, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Lick Creek, a settlement of freeborn Black people, used to exist in Hoosier National Forest?

Source: "Lick Creek African American Settlement". www.fs.usda.gov. April 14, 2025. Archived from the original on October 1, 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-09.

ALT1: ... that a graveyard near Paoli, Indiana is the only standing evidence of the integrated Lick Creek, Indiana settlement? Source: Robbins, Coy (1994). Forgotten Hoosiers: African Heritage in Orange County, Indiana. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books. pg. 28. ISBN 0788400177.
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Moved to mainspace by DeishaJ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

DeishaJ (talk) 19:16, 6 October 2025 (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: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced and neutral. Earwig picks up some names, but nothing alarming. Hooks are cited and interesting; I prefer ALT0 for its simplicity. QPQ not required. Thanks for a high quality article DeishaJ and happy editing Lajmmoore (talk) 22:20, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lajmmoore I second using ALT0. Thanks for the review!

DeishaJ (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lajmmoore (talk) 19:44, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]