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A fact from Cerrón Grande Reservoir appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Cerrón Grande Reservoir, also known as Lake Suchitlán, is one of the most contaminated and polluted bodies of fresh water in Central America?

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 11:56, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The Cerrón Grande Reservoir as seen from Suchitoto, El Salvador.

... that the Cerrón Grande Reservoir (pictured), also known as Lake Suchitlán, is one of the most contaminated and polluted bodies of fresh water in Central America? Source: "[The Cerrón Grande Reservoir] is known to be one of the most contaminated bodies of fresh water in Central America." (Hieber, Maeggi (30 March 2010). "Cérron Grande – El Salvador's Reservoir of Questionable Fame". International Ecological Engineering Society.)
- ALT1:... that the flooding of the Cerrón Grande Reservoir (pictured), also known as Lake Suchitlán, in the 1970s caused the loss of several Lenca archeological sites? Source: "With this construction not only fertile fields were flooded crops and livestock, but also archaeological remains were lost, because in this place there were remains of pre-Columbian indigenous cultures, Lenca tribes that lived hundreds of years ago." (The Cerron Grande Reservoir)
- ALT2:... that the local name of the Cerrón Grande Reservoir (pictured), Lake Suchitlán, means "Place of Flowers" in the Nahuatl language? Source: "Its name in Nahuatl means “place of flowers”." (The Lake Suchitlan)

Reviewed: N/A, third DYN nomination

Created by Pizzaking13 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:12, 10 March 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:

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Cited: Interesting:

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Overall: Powerful and well written article. Brilliantly cited. Original hook is most powerful. No Swan So Fine (talk) 09:51, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Cerrón Grande Reservoir/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: JPxG (talk · contribs) 23:09, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do my best! jp×g 23:09, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For this one I will use the same scale as I do for all my reviews.

Y Checked and verified to be good, no issue.

Yg Not an applicable concern.

N This thing needs to be fixed or clarified.

Ng This thing has been fixed or clarified.

This thing should be fixed, but I won't hold up a "pass" for it.
? Huh?

Preliminary notes

Copyvio

Y Earwig's copyvio detector turned up virtually nothing, other than the quote "[h]eavy metals, banned insecticides, cyanides, fecal bacteria, and toxic algae" being in another webpage.
Ng ~~The phrase "one of the most contaminated bodies of fresh water in Central America" in the lead is nearly identical to the same phrase as used in this 2010 article.~~

Y Fixed. jp×g 09:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ng The phrase "The reservoir was formed from 1973 to 1976 with the construction of the Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam." (written in March 2021) is quite similar to one of the sources, https://www.visitcentroamerica.com/en/visitar/lake-suchitlan/, apparently from 2017 (as best I can tell) which says "Suchitlán Lake or Cerrón Grande Reservoir, was created in the winter of 1976 with the construction of the Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant".

Y Fixed. jp×g 09:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stability / POV

Y The article hasn't had any disputes in its (admittedly short) history, but it is hard to imagine people getting mad about this.
Y I don't see anything POV-wise that gives me pause.

Media

Y All media are of good quality, related to the topic, and freely licensed.

Focus / scope / coverage / completeness

Y Covers the creation of the reservoir, its geography and history, its environmental situation, and what it's used for. Difficult to come up with more that's relevant to the subject that isn't covered.

Prose / MoS

Y Prose is generally well-written. I've done some minor copyedits for awkward phrasing and minor grammatical errors.
Ng ~~Who is Alejandro Coto? When did he coin the word?~~

Y Fixed. jp×g 09:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ref check

Y Ref 1 (Chalatenango, Cerron Grande): Looks to be the official website of the state of Chalatenango. Supports what it's used to cite.
Y Ref 2 (Visit Centro America): Run by the Agencia de Promoción Turística de Centroamérica, which is obviously a pro-tourism organization (and not sure what editorial control they have over the site) but it's being cited as a source for stuff that is supported by other sources, or basic geographic facts.
Y Ref 3 (El Salvador Info): a website managed by "Eddie Galdamez, a Salvadoran living in the Cabañas department of El Salvador." On their "About" page, there is a policy for contacting them about errors, so there is at least the implication of editorial judgment. Everything supported by a cite to ref 3 shows up on this page.
Y Ref 4 (Chalatenango, Lake Suchitlan): Reliable source (same as Ref 1) and everything cited to this is backed up in it.
Ng ~~Ref 5 (Proyecto sin Historia): This is a Wordpress blog, and not an acceptable source per WP:RSP. It should not be used in the article at all.~~

Y Removed. jp×g 09:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Y Ref 6 (IEES): Source seems reliable, all statements are backed up by it.
Y Ref 7 (Buckalew p. 7): The flow rate of the Lempa River out of the reservoir was incorrect, so I fixed it. Reliable source, all statements cited to it are verified.
Ref 8 (Perspectives): This doesn't seem like an excellent source to me, but it isn't load-bearing (nearly everything that's cited to it is also cited to more reliable sources, except one opinion which I have commented out).
Y Ref 9 (Buckalew p. 5): Reliable (see Ref 7), was being used to cite one sentence that wasn't on page 5 of the document, so I removed that cite.
Y Ref 10 (Buckalew p. A-8): This one is fine.
Y Ref 11 (Estrategias de Descontaminación): This checks out fine, but I think could probably used to support more in the article.
Yg Ref 12 (Estudio Global de la Sedimentación): I could not verify this one myself, but it is only used in one inline citation, which is also backed up by two other sources.
Y Ref 13 (Buckalew p. i): Checks out.

Conclusion

This article could certainly stand to be expanded. Lots of the sources used here seem to say quite a lot about the hydrology and ecology of the reservoir, which isn't covered in the article. Nevertheless, it provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the reservoir's history, status and et cetera. I am going to pass it. jp×g 09:29, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]