Talk:Rockville Centre train crash

A fact from Rockville Centre train crash appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 February 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Rockville Centre train crash was one of two Long Island Rail Road crashes in 1950 which collectively killed more than 100 people?

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Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 15 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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... that the Rockville Centre train crash, which killed 32 people, was the deadliest accident in Long Island Rail Road history until surpassed by a deadlier crash the same year? Source: Fischler, Stan (2007). Long Island Rail Road. Voyageur Press. p. 106
- ALT1:... that one hour after the Rockville Centre train crash, there were an estimated 30,000 people near the scene, many of whom attempted to observe from several miles away? Source: NY Daily News
- ALT2:... that the Rockville Centre train crash, which killed 32, was one of two Long Island Rail Road crashes in 1950 that collectively killed over a hundred people? Source: Newsday 2019

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sangrador
Comment: My first option is to run this nomination on February 17, 2020, the 70th anniversary of the crash. Any other date is fine if that is not available.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 04:22, 30 December 2019 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I'd say ALT2 is the most interesting and ALT1 is the least interesting of the three.

Echetus Xe 02:03, 31 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

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