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A fact from Garth tsunami appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 March 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that mass graves in the Orkney and Shetland islands of Scotland might contain bodies from a tsunami 5,500 years ago?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Garth tsunami.

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Reliable source?[edit]

Parking this source here, as I have some questions about whether these impact event theories are reliable (c.f the Mahuika crater and Burckle Crater debates). Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:48, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that mass burials in the Orkney and Shetland Islands might host fatalities of a tsunami 5500 years ago? "In the Northern Hemisphere, we investigate palaeotsunami inundation as an alternative hypothesis for mass burial sites in Orkney and Shetland, a relatively tectonically inactive region where such an association is unlikely to have ever been considered. The nature, chronology and location of these mass burial sites fit well with the proposed archaeological evidence for palaeotsunami inundation, and they also appear to be contemporaneous with the as-yet poorly documented Garth tsunami"
ALT1 ... that mass burials in the Orkney and Shetland Islands might contain bodies from a tsunami 5500 years ago?

Reviewed: Arthur V. Sellwood

Created by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 15:50, 18 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I have added ALT1 because "host" does not seem quite the right word. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this but do not see the 5,000 bodies figure in the source. The source seems to be saying these cairns were built 5,000-5,500 years ago, but I don't see a figure for victims. Yoninah (talk) 21:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Yoninah: Um ... neither the hook nor the article claim that there are 5,000 bodies? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 21:33, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, my bad. I got confused there. Yoninah (talk) 21:47, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]