Talk:Qulensya

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:39, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that a 7-year-old boy from Qulensya was the only fatality on the island of Socotra because of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami? Source: Socotra Island, Yemen: field survey of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami "Nevertheless the only fatality was reported in Qalansiyah on the northwestern coast. In the second largest town of Qalansiyah a 7-yearold was washed away and perished while trying to catch a fish from the exposed seafloor during a drawdown." (page 113)
  • ALT1: ... that the only fatality caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the island of Socotra was a seven-year-old boy from Qulensya? Source: Socotra Island, Yemen: field survey of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami "Nevertheless the only fatality was reported in Qalansiyah on the northwestern coast. In the second largest town of Qalansiyah a 7-yearold was washed away and perished while trying to catch a fish from the exposed seafloor during a drawdown." (page 113)
  • Reviewed: Xochiquetzallia
  • Comment: Open to rewording the hook if reviewer has a less clunky suggestion

5x expanded by Fritzmann2002 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:20, 8 February 2022 (UTC).

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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Needs rephrasing

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Consider rephrasing the hook this way:

• ALT1: ... that the only fatality caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the island of Socotra was a seven-year-old boy from Qulensya?

Thoughts? Otherwise, no other issues. I did some very minor ce on the article. Really nice sources, too. Great work expanding articles in need of some TLC. – TCMemoire 16:48, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

That sounds much better, thanks! I was having trouble trying to figure out how exactly to phrase the hook so I appreciate the assist. Fritzmann (message me) 17:51, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

@TCMemoire: was there anything else that needed to be done with the article? Thanks! Fritzmann (message me) 19:58, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay — everything else looks good! – TCMemoire 20:16, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

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