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1957 Valencia flood

 * ... that the 1957 Valencia flood (pictured) caused the deaths of at least 81 people and led to the rerouting of the city's main river, the Turia?
 * Reviewed: Double Down (book)

Created/expanded by Valenciano (talk). Self nominated at 22:40, 8 November 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new (created 3 November), is is also certainly over 1500 characters. The article is neutral and cites its sources with inline citations. Spot-checks reveal no copyright violations and plagiarism. Having to translate from another language always helps to avoid those problems. Concerning the hook, it consists of two parts (at least 81 deaths + rerouting of the Turia), both have inline citations. The first one checks out, it is mentioned in multiple sources. With the second part I hope you can provide some clarification. In the ABC source I can see that government approved the Plan Sur, but it does not mention the Cortes, nor unanimous adoption nor the date 21 December 1961. (Or am I missing something?) That the river was rerouted by the plan is clearly shown, and that is most important for the hook. I think that for the hook it is preferred that you move the citation from "...175 metres wide" to "..from its original course". See rule 3b of DYK for further clarifation. The hook certainly is interesting and neutral. QPQ is done. The picture checks out, it shows good on small scale and is used in the article. Permission is given by the owner of the picture to use it on Wikipedia. This one is almost good to go. I applaud your work on the article. Crispulop (talk) 20:19, 15 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for looking over that, the Plan Sur's unanimous approval is in the book ref, which I've moved to cover that. Sorry for that oversight. Valenciano (talk) 22:56, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Issues are fixed. I highly commend the promotor of this DYK to the queue to look at the image, as I find the "fair-use" criteria confusing I'm not sure if it may be used for the Main page. Crispulop (talk) 15:16, 17 November 2013 (UTC)