Template:Did you know nominations/West Auckland, New Zealand

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 12:50, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

West Auckland, New Zealand

Improved to Good Article status by Prosperosity (talk). Nominated by Bruxton (talk) at 19:44, 21 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/West Auckland, New Zealand; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: No - not really
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Bruxton: Good article. But the hook isn't that interesting to me. Could you propose a new one. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:35, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @Onegreatjoke: It was not all that interesting to me either. I am going to ping a New Zealand expert @Schwede66: to see if they have some ideas. Meanwhile I will also see if I can come up with a better hook. Bruxton (talk) 16:43, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that the physical features of West Auckland, New Zealand began to form approximately 8,000 years ago when the sea level rose at the end of the Last Glacial maximum? AGF on offline Source:Hayward, Bruce W. (2009). "Land, Sea and Sky". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. pp. 7–22. ISBN 9781869790080. Pages 13-14, 17-18.
ALT2: ... that West Auckland is home to the largest stratovolcano in the geologic history of New Zealand? AGF offline Source page 109, Hayward, Bruce W. (2017). Out of the Ocean, Into the Fire. Geoscience Society of New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-473-39596-4.
@Onegreatjoke: Bruxton (talk) 17:12, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
Alt1 isn't interesting but alt2 looks interesting to me. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)