Template:Did you know nominations/1693 Sicily earthquake

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 01:21, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

1693 Sicily earthquake

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~~... that although the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths, it prompted an architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"?~~

Created/expanded by Mikenorton (talk), Gioto (talk). Nominated by Mikenorton (talk) at 18:07, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Reviewed Toward the Unknown [1]. Mikenorton (talk) 21:28, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

5x expansion and date check out OK. Article is well-sourced. Hook facts are well-sourced to online sources. I did not compare the article text to all of the sources, but I "manually" checked several and found no evidence of plagiarism or close paraphrasing (AGF on the possibility of issues elsewhere). I am a bit troubled by the "although" wording in connection with a horrific death toll, so I suggest the following alt hook wording:

ALT1 ... that the 1693 Sicily earthquake caused about 60,000 deaths and prompted an architectural revival described as "the culmination and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe"? --Orlady (talk) 05:55, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I toyed with various wordings, so I'm perfectly happy with your ALT, thanks. Mikenorton (talk) 08:39, 4 December 2011 (UTC)