Talk:1991 Hindu Kush earthquake

1991 Hindu Kush earthquake has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: September 17, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

Passed. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 06:34, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:1991 Hindu Kush earthquake/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Dora the Axe-plorer (talk · contribs) 02:36, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: TheNuggeteer (talk · contribs) 00:24, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Going to review this! 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 04:47, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quickfail criteria

1. A lot of info, but looks really short. 2. No copyvios. 3. No seen cleanup banners. 4. Barely any edit warring. 5. No previous GA review.

Lead

Are the heart attacks relevant to the earthquake? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Under Impact header, the NGDC source attributed these heart attack deaths to the earthquake. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 04:47, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, weird, but I'll accept that. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 05:07, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Geology

You need to add a bit of information about Hiroo Kanamori in the article.
The source does not mention the 1993 earthquake. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Read the source again, the 1993 event appears several times in the paper.

Can you specify what information about Kanamori is required? Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 04:46, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Like a tiny description, "Japanese meteorologist" or something like that. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 05:07, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah i get what you mean, he's a seismologist Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 05:15, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Earthquake

The source does not mention the earthquake size and depth. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You need to download the ISC-GEM catalog to access this. It's in a csv file. Otherwise the USGS Technical page has the same information under the ISC catalog Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 04:42, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will accept that. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 05:07, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For specific pages, you can use {{rp}}, which can help people find the exact sentence. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 11:16, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done, let me know if I'm missing anything else Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 12:45, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheNuggeteer It's been over 24 hours, can you carry on with the review Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 22:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other comments

I see seven sources, you can add these, you can see them here. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will review the rest later. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 00:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Rollinginhisgrave

Hi, I'll be leaving comments on this review over the next few hours. These should be sufficient to complete the review. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 00:12, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose and content

present-day Tajikistan specify in present day Tajikistan to avoid implying the USSR is synonymous
link Mercalli intensity
Nearly 80,000 homes were damaged and thousands more were destroyed in Pakistan Silly to imply a building that was destroyed wasn't damaged; "more than 80,000 home were damaged, including thousands in Pakistan" etc.
Landslides also wiped these are not included in the damage statistics? Also implies in addition to the figures of damage/destroyed
Their high frequency have been → was
~~some~~ 78 km the reader isn't going to think it's exactly 78km.
was recorded were
attributed higher figures with the area's remoteness could you explain this? They were overestimated because the remoteness wasn't considered? Also, with the area's remoteness should be changed to "to the area's remoteness"
and 5,302 cattle were killed active voice
Ninety percent of kutcha homes were damaged gloss kutcha
governments ~~from multiple countries~~ Implied by plural, elaborated in following sentence

Suggestions

Consider linking reverse-faulting
Consider using Template:US$
Link subducted
Use template:nbsp between Mw 6.8 and 0.08 to 0.11 g
Consider using Template:To USD when discussing rupees
Link to Kuwait Red Crescent Society

Sources

[1] Y
[3] clock The source announces "some 77 km" but the article says "some 78 km"
[5a] Y
[5c] clock should be clarified that the deaths were reported as "unconfirmed" and possibly that it was reported immediately after, so it doesn't seem like they were exaggerating
[5e] Y
[5g] Y although source spells it Kucha
[7] Y
[9] clock it's a significant omission that the local authorities were acting and communicating with each other

Other

Stable Y
Images appropriately tagged Y
No COPYVIO / OR Y Earwig down for me
Broad / summary style Y
Neutral Y

Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 01:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC) Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 01:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rollinginhisgrave thanks for the comments, responding by section

Prose and content

Done
Done, included the 5,100+ destroyed homes mentioned in the body
Cited in Roanoake Times via AP, no exact figures, just stated "several". I've clarified the lede.
Done
Not done, it is 78 km in the source regional information tab, diaregarding title
Done
Clarified but I can omit if the link isn't clear enough
Done
Done
Done

Sources

78 km issue addressed above
Done
Added that comm. bit

Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 06:28, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions

Done
Done
Done
Done
Done, retained rupees (Rs) to stay faithful
Done

Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 06:31, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.