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A fact from Typhoon Thelma (1977) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Typhoon Thelma (1977).

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 01:26, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?

Source: "Typhoon Thelma (06W)". 1977 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (PDF). Guam, Mariana Islands: Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 1978. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 2 October 2024. (text version)

ALT1: ... that after 1977's Typhoon Thelma made landfall in the port of Kaohshing, no other typhoon made landfall there until October 2024? Source: "Krathon becomes 1st recorded typhoon to land in Kaohsiung in October - Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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Comment: I'm not sure I've ever done a DYK before but regardless, this is the first one I'll remember doing.

Moved to mainspace by Tavantius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Tavantius (talk) 05:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Length, image status, hook citation, age all OK. First hook better, but is "at the time" redundant? Oldelpaso (talk) 22:19, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Probably. I've removed it. Tavantius (talk) 13:23, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]