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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 16:56, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

856 Damghan earthquake

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  • ... that the 856 Damghan earthquake, which killed an estimated 200,000 people in the Persian province of Qumis, also badly disrupted the region's water supplies?

Created/expanded by Mikenorton (talk). Self nom at 16:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Just a thought, perhaps mentioning the 200 thousand people the earthquake killed would also be interesting? Nothing certain... Shannºn 01:51, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Too obvious I had thought, but I've rewritten it to include that fact as well, thanks. Mikenorton (talk) 13:52, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
  • I will be away for the next few days with only sporadic internet availability, so may not respond rapidly to queries. Mikenorton (talk) 11:05, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Date and extent of expansion, references and their formatting, and hook verified. No apparent copyvio or plagiarism. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 20:01, 29 October 2011 (UTC)