Template:Did you know nominations/Salt deformation


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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:03, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Salt deformation

 * ... that rock salt is a very weak rock, and it flows under stress? Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/324554a0
 * Reviewed: Green's law
 * Comment: part of Regional geology class at HKU

Moved to mainspace by Myip003 (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 23:58, 19 November 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg  Very thorough work!  There are a few issues to work out but they are minor.  I'd say this is very close to Good Article status if these issues are dealt with, and I'd encourage a nomination for that status.
 * New and long enough, Earwig detects no copyvios, QPQ done. I changed the wikilinks in the hook to emphasize the article is specifically about the deformation.  Good job on the original images!
 * A couple of paragraphs lack citations, and a lot don't have citations at the very end of the paragraph, making it unclear what the final sentence(s) are cited to.
 * Orphan banner needs to be dealt with.
 * I doubt that caption of the lead image is accurate: pure rock salt would be colorless, and the original caption (on the Flickr page) does not claim that this is a pure sample.
 * It looks like there are a lot of primary research articles used as sources; it is generally better to rely on review articles but this is beyond the scope of a DYK review so it's okay for now.
 * Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:32, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Are the issues fixed? @ @? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincent60030 (talk • contribs) 08:10, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * @@ I have added the citations, checked at the orphan banners and modified the caption for the lead image, I also added two diagrams explaining the deformation mechanism at a micro scale.
 * Myip003 (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It looks to me that all these issues are addressed. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:40, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Looks good to me. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 01:11, 21 December 2018 (UTC)