Template:Did you know nominations/1989 Helena train wreck

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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 Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:25, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

1989 Helena train wreck

  • ... that the Helena train wreck of 1989 occurred during a record cold snap that ranked #4 on the NOAA's list of Montana's Top Weather/Water/Climate events of the 20th century?
  • Comment: Is fighting an AFD right now, but in response to AFD, I expanded article from one sentence to over 5x with 2957 characters. Probably shouldn't go up to DYK queue until AFD closed, but want the nom in before 5-day deadline.

Created/expanded by Montanabw (talk). Self nom at 05:46, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

  • MTBW has done a great job of article rescue here and I'll jump in and help. Note the AFD is starting to look like a consensus keep due to her work. Recommend DYK waiting til AFD finishes its run.PumpkinSky talk 12:43, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
  • The AFD nominator has withdrawn it, article is a keep, just that an admin needs to process the withdrawal.PumpkinSky talk 01:55, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  • An admin has now processed the withdrawal. Is someone available to evaluate this nomination now? Thanks!
    • AFD closed as keep now. Ready for DYK review. PumpkinSky talk 23:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, well-referenced. 5x expansion verified. Hook is interesting and verified. I tweaked a few words to avoid close paraphrasing, and added conversions for non-American readers. I think that centigrade temperatures should also be added in parentheses, but I wasn't sure how to do that automatically. After you take care of that, it'll be ready to go. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:13, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Thanks for all you have done, Yoninah. I will see if I can get a conversion template that works, I agree that metric conversion is suitable. Montanabw(talk) 22:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Wow, it was as easy as that? Thanks, now I'll know what to do next time. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2012 (UTC)