Talk:1974 Dunedin earthquake
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Did you know nomination
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. 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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:09, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
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- ... that New Zealand's 1974 Dunedin earthquake is the biggest earthquake to have occurred in the city since its founding?
- Source: https://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/1230 (click the PDF button) "The earthquake in the early evening of Tuesday, 9 April, 1974 was the strongest known to have affected the city of Dunedin since its founding in the middle of the last century."
- Reviewed: Bastardstown
Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.
Panamitsu ✨ 07:59, 24 May 2026 (UTC).
- I'd recommend rewording the hook to specify Dunedin is a city for people unfamiliar with it e.g. 'The 1974 Dunedin earthquake is the biggest to have occurred in Dunedin since the city was founded' Traumnovelle (talk) 00:27, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
- Thought that the current hook is quite boring (and it does not comply with WP:DYKFIRST) so I've proposed a second hook. ALT1:
- "... that the 1974 Dunedin earthquake in New Zealand caused an unusually high amount of damage for its low magnitude?"
- Panamitsu ✨ 01:23, 29 May 2026 (UTC)
The article is new and sufficiently long. Sources look good. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. QPQ is done. Could you please quote the source for the hook fact, Panamitsu? What I see in the article seems to refer to money paid for damage claims rather than damage itself. Surtsicna (talk) 07:52, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yes Surtsicna, the source says "
The number of claims received by the Earthquake and War Damage Commission was extraordinarily large for an earthquake of this magnitude.
" To me the damage and money paid for damage claims can be thought of as the same in this context, or do you think I should re-word the hook? Panamitsu (talk) 08:00, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
- Yes Surtsicna, the source says "
