Talk:2021 Turkish floods

In the news

I believe the fires were featured on the 'in the news' section, should this be nominated too? I'm not familiar with ITN nominations. Uness232 (talk) 19:47, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

I may be wrong but I suspect too late for ITN now - but if you are quick you could try "do you know" Chidgk1 (talk) 05:52, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

The news is also busy with Afghanistan and the Haiti quake. --Kathy262 (talk) 07:19, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Oh right, might nominate for DYK when it's no longer a current event then. Uness232 (talk) 07:23, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

If you are going to nominate for DYK you need to do it now not wait, as there is a short time limit.Chidgk1 (talk) 07:58, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Alright, will try. Thanks for the info. Uness232 (talk) 10:52, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:04, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that on 11 August 2021, more than 400 millimetres (16 in) of rain was recorded in northern Turkey, causing catastrophic flooding? Source: [1] (In Turkish, but it does confirm that 420 kg/m2 - equivalent to mm - of rain did accumulate in Mamatlar village in Bozkurt, Kastamonu.)
  • ALT1:... that the 2021 Turkey floods almost completely wiped out the village of Babaçay, Sinop? Source: [2]
  • ALT2:... that the 2021 Turkey floods destroyed at least six bridges, inundated power plants, and caused the infrastructure of numerous towns to collapse? Source: [3][4]
  • ALT3:... that Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu described the severe floods in northern Turkey as the worst he has ever seen? Source: [5]

• Comment: I'm below 5 DYK credits, so a review should not be compulsory, but if I do review something during this process, I can add it if needed.

Created by Chidgk1 (talk). Nominated by Uness232 (talk) at 13:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC).

• Y Article is long enough (7950 characters), new enough (created 14 August, nominated 18 August), and article is within policy (AGF on Turkish-language sources, but they look to be fine)
• Y ALT0, ALT2 & ALT3 are all short enough, interesting, in the article and well cited (AGF on Turkish language source for ALT0, though it appears to check out, bearing in mind that 1 kg/m2 = 1mm). ALT1 isn't interesting to a general reader in my opinion, as people won't have heard of the place, so hard to tell whether it's that unusual/important or not. I have added a convert to ALT0 to convert mm to inches (as this is standard on Wikipedia and DYK hooks to do so), and in ALT2, I changed 6 to six, as per MOS:NUMERAL: Integers from zero to nine are spelled out in words
• Y The nominator is exempt from QPQ, as they have 0 previous completed nominations, according to the tool
• Overall this nomination passes, congratulations (AGF on offline sources). Joseph2302 (talk) 09:13, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

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