Template:Did you know nominations/2018 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake


 * 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. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:28, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake

 * ... that thousands of Alaskans in coastal areas evacuated their homes and waited for three hours to see if the 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake had caused a tsunami?

Created by Multiple, no one editor seems primarily responsible for the article as it now exists. Nominated by Beeblebrox (talk) at 23:32, 27 January 2018 (UTC).

Credits added for, , , and. M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  19:51, 29 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin King (American football) Beeblebrox (talk) 00:27, 28 January 2018 (UTC)


 * What if instead we said ... that thousands of Alaskans in coastal areas evacuated their homes and waited for three hours to see if last week's earthquake had caused a tsunami? More hooky: it appeals to the reader who might see it and think "I didn't even hear about that".  Of course, if it doesn't run by next Saturday, it will have to be changed to "last month's earthquake".  Nyttend (talk) 01:54, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That works for me. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:08, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it could be pared down to ... that after the January 23 earthquake, some towns in coastal Alaska were evacuated for three hours while awaiting a tsunami that never arrived?  Sounder Bruce  04:21, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That’s not entirely accurate, in most cases it was just portions of towns near the water. Beeblebrox (talk) 09:07, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Changed above, while also accommodating the expected wait time for it to hit the front page.  Sounder Bruce  09:14, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: I have added credits for the top four contributors (,, , and ) by number of edits and amount of added text. As I only checked the numbers, please edit the DYKmakes as appropriate. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  19:51, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly. – Vami _IV✠  19:59, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Tweaking hook again (from "the January 23 earthquake" to "last month's earthquake"), both for my reasons given above, and because one might wonder what year it's talking about. If you disagree with this change, that's fine (undo me and I won't object); I just got the impression that you didn't notice my reasoning.  Nyttend (talk) 03:00, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Seeing as this hook won't be on the front page until March (or even later), I've changed my suggested hook back to "January 23".  Sounder Bruce  04:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full review needed now that hook discussion is concluded. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:51, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The image is suitably licensed, the hook facts are sourced inline, the article is neutral, and Earwig's copyvio tool came back negative. QPQ done, so this nomination is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote the original hook, which is very catchy, but I wonder how you came up with this figure of "thousands" of residents evacuated? Footnote 4 mentions a few hundred people; footnote 12 mentions 60. Yoninah (talk) 20:51, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't find any news articles reporting anything over a thousand. I have removed the wording from the article and I think that the hook would be fine without listing the number of evacuees (which isn't the main focus).  Sounder Bruce  21:18, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The figure may be slightly OR/common sense on my part. Thousands of people live in the “red zones” that were the subject of the evacuation. Evacuees in most cases did not actually go to the shelters, they just drove their cars to high ground and sat there for three hours, or went to the homes of friends or relatives who lived above the red zone. (That’s what I did, and I personally saw hundreds of people in their cars on Skyline Drive in Homer, so while I know it to be true it makes sense to me if we can’t quite use that in the hook.) Beeblebrox (talk) 01:33, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * How about
 * ALT1 ... that Alaskans in coastal areas were evacuated to higher ground and waited for three hours to see if the 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake had caused a tsunami? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Without any numbers about how many were evacuated, the ALT1 hook seems rather dull. Maybe something could be worked out just focusing on the part about waiting to find out if it caused a tsunami. Yoninah (talk) 23:45, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's try this (ALT2): ... that after an earthquake, coastal Alaskans evacuated to supermarket parking lots and high schools while waiting for a tsunami that never came?  Sounder Bruce  23:53, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I like alt1 better. I’m sure this was not your intention but I feel like alt2 makes Alaskans sound kind of gullible or something. I would however remove the word “were” as it was a voluntary self-evacuation. 04:49, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg OK, let's go with ALT1 and get this onto the main page already. Restoring tick per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 15:42, 5 March 2018 (UTC)