Template:Did you know nominations/Boundary Fire (2017)

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 16:04, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Boundary Fire (2017)

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• ... that smoke from the 2017 Boundary Fire could be seen from the Grand Canyon? Source: Cowan, Emery (June 9, 2017). "Kendrick Mountain fire triples in size, Highway 180 to remain closed". Arizona Daily Sun. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
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Good Article by Vami IV (talk). Self-nominated at 20:11, 30 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Boundary Fire (2017); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Vami IV: Good Article, well sourced, no problems from copyvio, the one quotation has a citation, and the hook is interesting 🙂 My only concern is that the citation for the hook does not mention the Grand Canyon specifically. Is there a better citation for this hook that you can find before approving? Cheers! Johnson524 23:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

• Oh, oops. Changed to one that does mention the smoke being visible from the Grand Canyon. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 00:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

  Looks good now, cheers! Johnson524 01:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

  @Vami IV and Johnson524: I do not think this hook passes the interesting component. The Grand Canyon is in AZ and the fire is in AZ. Unless we are talking about visibility from the other states? Bruxton (talk) 04:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

• I don't know if people here are aware, but Vami died a few days ago (see User talk:Vami IV for further details). If this nomination could go smoothly through, it would be appreciated by all. - SchroCat (talk) 09:20, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you. Yes I was aware and am sad. I am no wording expert but suggest to say that this was a wildfire in national forests, perhaps even which, instead of just "fire", and perhaps without Grand Canyon at all, - better promote knowledge less familiar. First sentence of the lead for a starter:

  ALT1: ... that the Boundary Fire was a wildfire that burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona?

  Also: a FAC for this article is open, reviews welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you @Gerda Arendt: That works for me. Bruxton (talk) 13:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

  Here's a suggestion that I think has more oomph:

  • ALT2: ... that the Boundary Fire, one of 2,321 wildfires in Arizona in 2017, burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) over 32 days?

  Bruxton? BlueMoonset (talk) 01:55, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

  It works as well. I think I prefer ALT1 because it makes me want to learn about the national forests. Bruxton (talk) 02:44, 20 February 2024 (UTC)