Template:Did you know nominations/Düsseldorf Airport fire
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. 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 PumpkinSky talk 23:45, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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Düsseldorf Airport fire[edit]
... that a fire broke out at Düsseldorf International Airport on 11 April 1996, killing 17 people?
Created by FoxyOrange (talk). Self nominated at 15:06, 21 May 2013 (UTC).
Is the incident notable enough to have a separate article? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 03:47, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Unlike numerous news stories masquerading as articles, this fire article is written entirely from sources produced years after the event — it's seemingly had enduring coverage and thus can be said to have had a substantial impact. Nyttend (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- A major, unusual disaster like this is notable enough to have its own article, but several paragraphs are currently unreferenced. -Zanhe (talk) 18:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Very good point; we may have to cut it down to the point that it's too small for DYK. Nyttend (talk) 18:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- And small enough to be merged with the airport article. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 18:27, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Very good point; we may have to cut it down to the point that it's too small for DYK. Nyttend (talk) 18:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- A major, unusual disaster like this is notable enough to have its own article, but several paragraphs are currently unreferenced. -Zanhe (talk) 18:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: Please note that I did some further work to the article, especially concerning the in-line references. I hope many issues are now sorted out. If you have notability concerns, please feel free to open an AfD (in my opinion, notability is established by the facts that the fire was the deadliest of its kind, that it received widespread national and international attention, and that it has led to a worldwide re-evaluation of polystyrene as a building material as well as various changes of fire safety measures).--FoxyOrange (talk) 21:05, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Unlike numerous news stories masquerading as articles, this fire article is written entirely from sources produced years after the event — it's seemingly had enduring coverage and thus can be said to have had a substantial impact. Nyttend (talk) 18:14, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Good to go now. Date, size, ref, hook are all fine. Inline refs are now present throughout. I agree with Zanhe that the topic is notable. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:41, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry to hold this. Editors complain that DYK doesnt have good hooks. And editors complain that ITN always reports only deaths. Adding this line in DYK would irritate both these teams. Can we have something else as a hook? Maybe build something on polystyrene? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 04:03, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- ALT1:
... that on 11 April 1996, smouldering polystyrene slaps in a ceiling at Düsseldorf Airport evolved into a major fire, killing 17 people?--FoxyOrange (talk) 08:27, 23 May 2013 (UTC)- How about dropping "killing 17 people"? That bit makes it sound like news. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 04:31, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that on 11 April 1996, smouldering polystyrene slaps in a ceiling at Düsseldorf International Airport evolved into a major fire?
- ALT1:
- for ALT2 based on initial go-by from Piotrus. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 06:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
