Template:Did you know nominations/Great Famine of Mount Lebanon

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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 06:17, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Great Famine of Mount Lebanon

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• ... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the death of 200,000 people?

• ALT1:... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the death of half of the territory's population?
• ALT2:... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War?
• Reviewed: Church Clothes 3

Created by Elie plus (talk). Self-nominated at 21:38, 24 January 2016 (UTC).

• Comment The article lead states, "The famine was caused by a confluence of political and environmental factors". So, "caused" should be replaced by something like "led to" in the hooks, which I have now done. Edwardx (talk) 23:48, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

• This article is new enough and long enough. ALT2 would probably be the best hook as there are large differences in the estimated number of deaths. The article is neutral but is not acceptable as it contains close paraphrasing, with some sentences copied verbatim from the sources. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:13, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

• Issues addressed, the copied Gibran passages are quoted. ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 21:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

• The issues appear to be resolved and ALT2 is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)