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A fact from 1984 Southland floods appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that although nobody died in the 1984 Southland floods, about 12,000 sheep perished?

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Good work

Nice work Andykatib and Panamitsu, have you thought of a companion article about the similarly notable 100 Year Flood of 1978? I've got less recollection of that than the 1984 flood (I was a few years younger then...) but I do remember a flood book "The Hundred Year Flood" (similar to "Southland's Black Friday") and a special "flood" edition of the Clutha Leader was also published (and sold well outside its usual area - it was definitely available in Invercargill). Daveosaurus (talk) 07:05, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 02:46, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Flooded homes

... that although nobody died in the 1984 Southland floods (pictured), about 12 thousand sheep perished?

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/some-people-never-recovered

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kazansky District, Petrograd

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 55 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 06:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:31, 22 November 2024 (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:

Looks good. Nice work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:38, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]