Talk:1929 New Zealand cyclone

A fact from 1929 New Zealand cyclone appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 January 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one person died during the 1929 New Zealand cyclone when a railway locomotive fell from washed-out track into the Taieri River?

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Did you know nomination

The following 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 97198 (talk) 01:07, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Repair work in Dunedin's Leith Valley after the 1929 New Zealand cyclone

... that the 1929 New Zealand cyclone caused the worst-ever flooding in the city of Dunedin? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that one person died during the 1929 New Zealand cyclone when a railway locomotive fell from washed out track into the Taieri River? Source: [2]

Reviewed: Cognitive inertia
Comment: Public domain photo

Created by Grutness (talk). Self-nominated at 13:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go. I think ALT 1 is more interesting than hook 1. Ergo Sum 18:19, 12 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent - thanks! Grutness...wha? 02:59, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]