Template:Did you know nominations/January 1982 California floods
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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 17:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
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January 1982 California floods
- ... that over 18,000 different landslides occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area during the January 1982 California floods? Source: Landslides, floods, and marine effects of the storm of January 3–5, 1982, in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
- ALT1 ... that over 18,000 different landslides swept through the the San Francisco Bay Area with little warning during the January 1982 California floods? Source: Landslides, floods, and marine effects of the storm of January 3–5, 1982, in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
- ALT2 ... that during the January 1982 California floods, over 18,000 different landslides swept through the the San Francisco Bay Area with little warning? Source: Landslides, floods, and marine effects of the storm of January 3–5, 1982, in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
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Created by ChrisWx (talk). Self-nominated at 16:47, 28 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/January 1982 California floods; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Everything else looks good, but I'm not sure about the wording of the original hook based on the source provided. The hook isn't technically wrong, but the source gives a slightly different fact, saying, More than 18,000 of the slides induced by the storm transformed into debris flows that swept down hillslopes or drainages with little warning.
The current hook says that over 18,000 slides occurred overall, while the source says that over 18,000 slides swept with little warning. I've added ALT1 which I believe follows the meaning in the source while still staying interesting. Thanks for your hard work! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 04:03, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Bsoyka: Thank you for reviewing, ALT1 does better represent the source, and the only changes I would make to the hook is that I would put "...that during the January 1982 California floods," first and remove it at the end, since I think it sounds a bit cleaner that way. No concerns about it otherwise. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 04:41, 29 December 2023 (UTC)