Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/2013 Rosario gas explosion




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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 10:10, 25 November 2014 (UTC)



A gas explosion in a residential area of Rosario, the third-largest city in Argentina, occurred on August 6, 2013. It was caused by a large gas leak; a nearby building collapsed, and others were at high risk of structural failure. Twenty-two people died, and sixty were injured. Several organizations helped secure the area, search for survivors and aid people who lost their homes. Shortly after the explosion, the time needed for reconstruction was estimated at six months. The provincial judiciary launched an investigation into the cause of the explosion. Primary suspects were Litoral Gas (the natural-gas provider for Rosario) and an employee who carried out maintenance work at the building that day. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (pictured), who had recently returned from a diplomatic visit to the United Nations, visited the site of the explosion on August 7. Several public figures sent condolences, and most of the candidates for the 2013 primary elections suspended their political campaigns. Pope Francis sent a letter of condolence to the Archbishop of Rosario, and it was read during a mass and procession for Saint Cajetan at Plaza 25 de Mayo.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Today's featured article/recent TFAs didn't show anything recent related to engineering and technology, certainly not related to this type of explosion tragedy.
 * Main editors:
 * Promoted: 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: Helps with WP:WORLDVIEW, article related to Argentina.
 * High quality article improved to WP:FA by and promoted in 2014.
 * Educates and informs our readers and editors about a tragic event in Argentina.
 * Support as nominator. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:06, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as writer. Initially, I planned to propose it on August 6 next year, but if there is a lack of featured articles related to architecture or disasters, then it can be used now if needed. Cambalachero (talk) 12:44, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * , if you'd prefer August 6 in 2015, then it's not a problem to save it for later (I was on holiday in early August 2014 so missed out on the opportunity to slip it quickly into the TFA queue after its promotion to mark the first anniversary). It's currently the only article in its FA section ("Engineering and technology") yet to appear on the main page, so we might as well get the best date for it rather than a random choice. Let me know what you think. BencherliteTalk 00:59, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * , the blurb as it currently stands is far too short for the main page (843 characters vs a target of 1200). I know this article has a short lead but in such cases the blurb has to be bulked out from the body of the article, otherwise the left/right balance of the main page is completely thrown. The image is a poor one for the main page as well, since maps of that sort at main page size don't show anything recognisable.  If running this, I would use File:070813-rosario2.jpg and work a mention of the President into the blurb to enable a (pictured) to match. Hope this helps. BencherliteTalk 00:59, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. I've swapped out the image and expanded the blurb to 1,169 characters, as suggested, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

As Cambalachero didn't get a chance to get back to me before going on vacation about whether he prefers August 6, 2015, or any random date for this article, I'm closing this without prejudice to reopening it later. There's no point in scheduling it immediately if in fact he would prefer the anniversary. Thanks for the work on the blurb, Cirt. BencherliteTalk 10:10, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Just noting this for future reference - anniversary preferred, so keeping this closed for now. BencherliteTalk 23:06, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

2013 Rosario gas explosion

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 6, 2015 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:26, 18 July 2015 (UTC)



A gas explosion in a residential area of Rosario, the third-largest city in Argentina, occurred on August 6, 2013. It was caused by a large gas leak; a nearby building collapsed, and others were at high risk of structural failure. Twenty-two people died, and sixty were injured. Several organizations helped secure the area, search for survivors and aid people who lost their homes. Shortly after the explosion, the time needed for reconstruction was estimated at six months. The provincial judiciary launched an investigation into the cause of the explosion. Primary suspects were Litoral Gas (the natural-gas provider for Rosario) and an employee who carried out maintenance work at the building that day. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (pictured), who had recently returned from a diplomatic visit to the United Nations, visited the site of the explosion on August 7. Several public figures sent condolences, and most of the candidates for the 2013 primary elections suspended their political campaigns. Pope Francis sent a letter of condolence to the Archbishop of Rosario, and it was read during a mass and procession for Saint Cajetan at Plaza 25 de Mayo.
 * Most recent similar article(s): There was a hurricane (a disaster) on June 27. I did not find recent featured articles on disasters caused by accidental explosions. The last featured article related to Argentina was on May 17, 2015
 * Main editors: Cambalachero
 * Promoted: August 1, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: The explosion took place on August 6, 2013. It may be a good idea to put the article on that date.
 * Support as nominator. Cambalachero (talk) 15:47, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - interesting article. Ready for posting. --BabbaQ (talk) 10:52, 1 July 2015 (UTC)