Template:Did you know nominations/Cyclone Althea


 * 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   HalfGig   talk  13:11, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Cyclone Althea

 * ... that after unroofing hundreds of homes, Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes? Lots of sources in the article, eg:
 * Reviewed: West Palm Beach mayoral election, 1991

Created by Juliancolton (talk). Self-nominated at 22:54, 8 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Long enough, QPQ done, all non-lead ¶ with citations, a copyvio check reveals no problems, hook content is interesting. The only matter is that no inline citation is provided at the end of sentences in the article in the two areas that mention building codes (e.g. in the lead, where it states, "The destruction wrought by Althea prompted Queensland to develop drastically stricter state-wide building codes; Townsville was the first community to adopt the enhanced construction standards." and in the "Aftermath" section, where it states, "The Home Building Code of Queensland was developed in 1975 and adopted state-wide by the mid-1980s." Also, the article is technically not new enough by a bit over a day, (creation started on 15:46, 28 February 2017‎  and this nomination was made on 22:54, 8 March 2017), but I feel that it's close enough for an exception to be made, relative (in part) to the high quality of the article and in part per WP:IAR. Regarding this timeframe, I have posted a notice at Wikipedia talk:Did you know § Request for input requesting input from other users.  North America1000 07:13, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for taking a look! I've added a duplicate ref to satisfy the DYK requirements. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:26, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Should be good to go. The sentence "Having seen the dangers of deficient construction first-hand, Townsville was the first community to enact the enhanced building standards, and served as a testing ground for further revisions" is cited to a source that I cannot access (AGF). North America1000 20:33, 9 March 2017 (UTC)