Talk:Iceberg A-38
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Yoninah in topic Did you know nomination
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 Yoninah (talk) 22:46, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Satellite image of iceberg A-38 soon after calving
- ... that when iceberg A-38 calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1998 it carried a German research station with it? "An iceberg larger than the state of Delaware peeled off from the Ronne Ice Shelf near Berkner Island in west Antarctica last month, sending a German research facility adrift into the Weddell Sea" from: Colhoun, Alexander (November 8, 1998). "Giant Berg Breaks Free, Sends Station Afloat" (PDF). Antarctic Sun. United States Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. p. 5.
- Reviewed: Third and fourth of six credits from Template:Did you know nominations/Chilocorus cacti
5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:50, 4 November 2020 (UTC).
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- I don't think that the picture is clear enough to see what is going on at this resolution.
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Meets all requirements. But I'm not sure the pic is clear enough to be run. (t · c) buidhe 21:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks buidhe. I've since created an article for Filchner Station. I've boldlinked this in the hook above. Would you mind reviewing this as a second article? Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 09:11, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
- Approved, it appears to meet all the DYK requirements (newness, length, copyvio, etc.) (t · c) buidhe 09:21, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks buidhe. I've since created an article for Filchner Station. I've boldlinked this in the hook above. Would you mind reviewing this as a second article? Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 09:11, 5 November 2020 (UTC)