Talk:Repetto Hills

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... that the namesake of the Repetto Hills was tied to a tree and robbed by a bandit, attracting treasure hunters whose digging caused his house to collapse?

Source: "Its walls undermined by recent heavy rains and the digging of treasure hunters... the old Repetto adobe... is fast crumbling to decay" and "Disguised as a shepherd, Vasquez raided the Repetto adobe, tied the owner to a tree, and compelled him to sign a check for $800..." Also and

- Reviewed: Rigid kite (airborne wind energy)

Created by Antony-22 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 168 past nominations.

Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 06:52, 1 August 2026 (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: Passed review. Newness okay: major 5x expanasion on 30 July 2026. CopyVio okay: ran Earwig tool, it reported no problems. QPQ: okay, nominator reviewed DYK of Rigid kite (airborne wind energy). Image copyright/license is okay for all images. Sources look valid and appropriate. Hook is interesting, and has a valid citation(s). Noleander (talk) 02:24, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

NOTE: I may have screwed up the template braces in the markup of this review. Not sure. Noleander (talk) 02:33, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Antony-22 @Noleander: The hook is hard to understand without reading the article. It doesn't explain how what happened to Alessandro Repetto caused treasure hunters to enter the area. NewAccount7295 (talk) 17:30, 2 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

I don't think we need to spell it out explicitly, but here's an alternative if the promoter prefers it. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 04:55, 4 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

ALT1: ... that the namesake of the Repetto Hills was tied to a tree and robbed by a bandit, attracting treasure hunters whose digging for supposed buried loot caused his house to collapse?