Template:Did you know nominations/1806 Great Coastal hurricane


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The result was: promoted by Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:06, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

1806 Great Coastal hurricane

 * ... that at Edgartown, Massachusetts, approximately 36 in of rain fell as a result of the 1806 Great Coastal hurricane?
 * Reviewed: Neomysis integer
 * Comment: Hook wording might be awkward (attempting to imply it's an estimate), up to reviewer's discretion.

Moved to mainspace by Cloudchased (talk). Self nominated at 19:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC).
 * ALT1 ... that an estimated 36 in of rain fell on Edgartown, Massachusetts as a result of the 1806 Great Coastal hurricane?


 * Symbol voting keep.svg I don't have access to the sources but this is long enough (over 6000 bytes), new enough (4 March), within policy (it's already a GA, so this is a second check for that), and there is a QPQ. The hook is fine as is, but I think my alt is worded better. I will leave that to the person that puts this in a queue to decide on. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ   Wha?  02:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Just a note: There's a bit of a back and forth going on between and I over whether or not there should be a comma after Massachusetts in the alt. BlueMoonset contends that the MOS demands one, and I contend that placing one there is grammatically incorrect. Since we're now both at 2 reverts, it's going to have to be resolved by someone else.  Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ   Wha?  20:13, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Then let me supply yet another rearrangement of the hook that not only obviates the need for a comma, but places more emphasis on the article and removes the convert template, which is always controversial in DYK hooks (I've changed the original ALT to ALT1, so we're consistent in the numbering):
 * ALT2: ... that during the 1806 Great Coastal hurricane, an estimated 36 inches (91 cm) of rain fell on Edgartown, Massachusetts?
 * I thought "during" was more economical than "as a result of". —BlueMoonset (talk) 20:27, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Sure, that also works. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ   Wha?  04:58, 8 March 2014 (UTC)