Talk:Oxford Circus panic

A fact from Oxford Circus panic appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that sixteen people were injured while fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:11, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that 16 people were injured fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic? Source: "Sixteen people were treated after they were injured fleeing the station, following reports of gunshots being fired on a Central Line platform. There was no evidence any weapons had been fired, police said. [...] Police initially treated the incident as potentially terrorism-related, before standing down." BBC News
- ALT1:... that pop star Olly Murs falsely told 7.8 million Twitter followers that there had been a shooting inside Selfridges department store during the Oxford Circus panic? Source: "Pop singer Olly Murs, who has 7.8 million Twitter followers tweeted from Selfridges department store: “F**k everyone get out of @selfridges now gun shots!! I’m inside.”" link

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cheye Alexander

Created by Smurrayinchester (talk). Self-nominated at 09:33, 8 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Y Article is long enough (4432 characters), new enough (created 3 September, nominated 8 September), and article is within policy
Y Hooks are short enough, interesting, in the article, and well sourced. Either hook is fine
Y QPQ done
Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. Very interesting article, I remember this happening. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:25, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Surprisingly good article

Before I read this article, I would have been sceptical it would be possible to write a good article on an 'event' where basically nothing really happened, that satisfies the notability guidelines, but this one proves otherwise. Good job! (Although there are perhaps a handful of other articles on similar human panics, such as Battle of Los Angeles.) Robofish (talk) 17:25, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]