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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 14:11, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

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December 2010 Christchurch earthquake

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Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 07:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC).

  • Comments: I've added next year to the proposed hook. BorgQueen (talk) 08:08, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Thanks for that. I think that it might be redundant as just saying "re-run in Febraury" implies "next year", but will leave it up to you. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:42, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Maybe I need more coffee but "re-run in February" could mean February 2012, not just February 2011, no? BorgQueen (talk) 09:18, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Ah yes you're right, sorry. ―Panamitsu (talk) 10:56, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

This is a new article, and a plausible hook. Just a couple of suggestions for light edits to the article, and a small adjustment to the hook required.

The article is well sourced, but needs the citation to the '12 February shopping event' to be added into the opening statement of the article. The source for the hook is verified - but I had no success trying to open any of the links via the 'https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/' address (503 error for me, but that might just be my problem).

The hook might make more sense to a wider audience if it included both the date of the December quake, and the date of the re-run '26 December 2010 .. 12 February 2011'? This takes away the ambiguity, and helps to explain what 'Boxing Day' has to do with the event. A final point (in the article) - is it worth pointing out that just 10 days later (Feb 22), the catastrophic 2011 earthquake struck?

QPQ done! Chaiten1 (talk) 11:19, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

  • @Chaiten1: Yeah the quakestudies links load slow for me too, but I'm still able to access them which is strange. Here is a source which should hopefully work and say 12 February!
For the dates do you mean something like this? ALT1:
"... that the 26 December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales to be re-run on 12 February 2011?"
I hope I didn't misinterpret what you said. Writing it out it's a bit unwieldy, and I don't think the days of the month add much. What do you think? ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:02, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! I see what you mean about it feeling unwieldy with all the dates written out, so perhaps you only need the '26 December 2010' part there to make the link to Boxing day? Chaiten1 (talk) 10:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
You could just go with "caused Boxing Day sales to be delayed by more than six weeks"? - Dumelow (talk) 13:05, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
How about quoting the number of days, which (if I can add up) would mean "... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales to be delayed by 47 days?"--Launchballer 13:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
We'll just have to be careful because the earthquake happened on Boxing Day, so they were re-run rather than delayed. How about ALT2:
"... that the 26 December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales to be re-run six weeks later?"
―Panamitsu (talk) 07:14, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
ALT2 works really well!Chaiten1 (talk) 07:28, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
New article, great hook, verified and well sourced. No copyvio problems. QPQ done. Chaiten1 (talk) 07:28, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
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