Template:Did you know nominations/Chinchaga fire

Chinchaga fire

 * ... that the massive Chinchaga fire of 1950 in northern Canada produced a smoke cloud that was blamed on supernatural forces, aliens, and nuclear armageddon?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Verduzzo

Created by The Interior (talk). Self nom at 11:26, 30 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Article neither new nor 5x expanded over the past five days. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me) 08:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved from userspace Dec. 28 The Interior  (Talk) 12:25, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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 * I will give this a full review. Chris857 (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ~6700 characters, moved out of userspace a few days ago
 * cited inline
 * sources look reliable
 * AGF on offline sources
 * Interesting hook, verified, brief enough
 * I see no copyvio in available sources


 * Issues:
 * In "Background and cause", there are some sentences not followed by a ref


 * Suggestions:
 * "The fire was allowed to burn freely, a result of the lack of human settlements in the region and local forest management policy." I think this would be better as "... a result of local forest management policy and the lack of human settlements in the region." since I almost read it as "a lack ... of local forest management policy" Chris857 (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "was human caused" -> "was caused by humans"; sounds a little better to me
 * "all reported affects" -> "all reported effects"; grammar
 * "during the blackout" -> "during the event"; maybe? it seems to odd to me to read about electricity being used during a "blackout". If you have a better option than event, go for it.
 * Chris857 (talk) 01:00, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Good points all, went with your changes. The Interior  (Talk) 01:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * "smoke event"? I dunno. The Interior  (Talk) 01:28, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Even if this was moved out of userspace, the expanded size must be five-fold of the previous version. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me) 08:39, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a new article. There is no previous version.  The Interior  (Talk) 12:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Article was created on Dec 19, 2012. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me) 13:28, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The draft was started in my userspace on that date. See Eligbility rule 1.D: Articles that have been worked on exclusively in a user or user talk subpage or at articles for creation and then moved (or in some cases pasted) to the article mainspace are considered new as of the date they reach the mainspace.  The Interior  (Talk) 13:40, 1 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg The Interior is correct that this article qualifies per the rules. All the earlier points have been addressed, so this passes. Chris857 (talk) 21:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)