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Dheffernen, please explain your revert here. The rationale provided in the edit summary doesn't match up with the actual content being changed. Nikkimaria ( talk) 14:32, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, I came back to try to re-do these a different way, but two of the four sources are dead links (in suspicious ways), so I couldn't make the change I wanted to attempt. Bst, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 23:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
The article says: the blast travelled through the Earth at nearly 23 times the speed of sound, which isn't so obvious. Does it mean 23 times faster than the speed of sound in air? At STP? Presumably it travels at the speed of sound in earth. Gah4 ( talk) 08:54, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
Which explosion that was the biggest in 1917 is an outdated fact. What is relevant to our readers is which explosions are the biggest now.
We could of course say "still one of the biggest"... but if it actually remains the biggest, why not say so?
So, @ Nikkimaria:, which source says Halifax isn't the biggest explosion? Or rather, which source claims another explosion as the biggest one? What is your basis for "the sources don't agree"?
Or, alternatively, could it be that your edit summary was just too short and you meant to say you would like us to use more qualifiers? CapnZapp ( talk) 12:47, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Talking about Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions#Largest_accidental_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions_by_magnitude here. Nikkimaria, seems you disagree with our own list. If you would like to update the list to match your new sources, that'd be great. CapnZapp ( talk) 19:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
I am not sure how to remove dead external links as I am inexperienced and don't want to mess anything up, but there are a few audio links on this page that 'ave ceased to be :( Sorry about that! Pdxrosss ( talk) 17:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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Dheffernen, please explain your revert here. The rationale provided in the edit summary doesn't match up with the actual content being changed. Nikkimaria ( talk) 14:32, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Nikkimaria, I came back to try to re-do these a different way, but two of the four sources are dead links (in suspicious ways), so I couldn't make the change I wanted to attempt. Bst, SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 23:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
The article says: the blast travelled through the Earth at nearly 23 times the speed of sound, which isn't so obvious. Does it mean 23 times faster than the speed of sound in air? At STP? Presumably it travels at the speed of sound in earth. Gah4 ( talk) 08:54, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
Which explosion that was the biggest in 1917 is an outdated fact. What is relevant to our readers is which explosions are the biggest now.
We could of course say "still one of the biggest"... but if it actually remains the biggest, why not say so?
So, @ Nikkimaria:, which source says Halifax isn't the biggest explosion? Or rather, which source claims another explosion as the biggest one? What is your basis for "the sources don't agree"?
Or, alternatively, could it be that your edit summary was just too short and you meant to say you would like us to use more qualifiers? CapnZapp ( talk) 12:47, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Talking about Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions#Largest_accidental_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions_by_magnitude here. Nikkimaria, seems you disagree with our own list. If you would like to update the list to match your new sources, that'd be great. CapnZapp ( talk) 19:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
I am not sure how to remove dead external links as I am inexperienced and don't want to mess anything up, but there are a few audio links on this page that 'ave ceased to be :( Sorry about that! Pdxrosss ( talk) 17:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)