# Talk:Crystal Springs Dam

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Hi 3602kiva, you've done some really good work on this article. However, I don't think it meets the good article criteria quite yet. Since this is your first GA nomination, I don't want to quick-fail the nomination; instead, here's some things I would recommend working on to get the article to GA quality:

There are several unsourced claims in the text, as well as numbers in the infobox that aren't cited (either in infobox or prose). [Criteria 2b.] A few numbers (height and watershed size) are different in the infobox and prose.
There's not a prose description of the dam itself - size, overall shape, etc - in the article. I would recommend a section in the article, similar to Three Gorges Dam#Composition and dimensions. [Criteria 3a.]
The lede should be a summary of the rest of the article. Currently, it contains mostly information not present elsewhere in the article. [Criteria 1b.]
All sources need to be cited inline; currently, four sources are just listed at the end. Several other sources are dead links, have incomplete/incorrect citation information, or are self-published pages with questionable reliability. [Criteria 2b.]
The article currently doesn't discuss one of the major parts of the dam's history: the public acquisition of the dam, including the preceding debate, and how it related to the Hetch Hetchy project. [Criteria 3a.] I can send you scans of the relevant pages from my copy of Hetch Hetchy and its Dam Railroad if you'd like.
If these are things you'd be able to fix relatively quickly (i.e, before another reviewer starts the GA review), then that's great. If not, you may wish to withdraw the nomination for now, work on it at your own pace, and re-nominate it later. I'm happy to provide any help or guidance that you'd find helpful. Best, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535 and 3602kiva: I've uploaded an interpretive sign of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System at Crystal Springs and added it to this section.  I think it gives a good overview of what Pi.1415926535 means when they write about how the dam relates to the Hetch Hetchy project. Viriditas (talk) 01:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
I forgot to also mention: the lead image is from 2006, and it no longer looks like that after the bridge replacement in 2018.  I have newer images, but they aren't so great. Viriditas (talk) 02:11, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Along with the replacement bridge, the parapet wall was raised by nine feet, the dam's spillway was widened, and power lines were relocated to the underside of the bridge. Construction completed in late 2018...
The dam hasn't looked like that since 2018.  I previously addressed the image problem up above with no response from nom. Viriditas (talk) 00:07, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

I unfortunately don't have a better image on my end, @Viriditas. What you do propose as a solution? 3602kiva (💬) 01:48, 13 September 2025 (UTC)