The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Orlady (
talk) 01:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
... that although the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths, it prompted an
architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"?
5x expansion and date check out OK. Article is well-sourced. Hook facts are well-sourced to online sources. I did not compare the article text to all of the sources, but I "manually" checked several and found no evidence of plagiarism or close paraphrasing (AGF on the possibility of issues elsewhere). I am a bit troubled by the "although" wording in connection with a horrific death toll, so I suggest the following alt hook wording:
ALT1 ... that the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths and prompted an
architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"? --
Orlady (
talk) 05:55, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
I toyed with various wordings, so I'm perfectly happy with your ALT, thanks.
Mikenorton (
talk) 08:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Orlady (
talk) 01:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
... that although the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths, it prompted an
architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"?
5x expansion and date check out OK. Article is well-sourced. Hook facts are well-sourced to online sources. I did not compare the article text to all of the sources, but I "manually" checked several and found no evidence of plagiarism or close paraphrasing (AGF on the possibility of issues elsewhere). I am a bit troubled by the "although" wording in connection with a horrific death toll, so I suggest the following alt hook wording:
ALT1 ... that the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths and prompted an
architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"? --
Orlady (
talk) 05:55, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
I toyed with various wordings, so I'm perfectly happy with your ALT, thanks.
Mikenorton (
talk) 08:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)