Talk:2023 Louisiana wildfires

A fact from 2023 Louisiana wildfires appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history?

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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 PrimalMustelid talk 00:17, 17 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that during the 2023 Louisiana wildfires, one of the fires, the Tiger Island fire, became the largest wildfire in Louisiana's history? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-tiger-island-fire-largest-wildfire-states-history-doubles-in-size/
- ALT1: ... that during the 2023 Louisiana wildfires, a man was arrested after illegally burning and setting a wildfire? Source: https://www.kalb.com/2023/08/25/rosepine-man-arrested-connection-with-fire-providence-area/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bridgeman Island (South Shetland Islands)

Created by Tails Wx (talk). Self-nominated at 05:11, 28 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/2023 Louisiana wildfires; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - ALT0 hook needs to be rewritten for clarity and brevity.

QPQ: - Awaiting QPQ.
Overall: ALT1 is unsuitable, as it is not noteworthy and might run afoul of BLP issues; the ALT0 would work if rewritten. Sounder Bruce 04:20, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SounderBruce, how about this:

...that one of the fires connected to the 2023 Louisiana wildfires became the largest wildfire in the state's history?

Tails Wx 15:42, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's still too wordy. "Connected" doesn't need to be there, as it implies that the fire isn't one of the 2023 Louisiana wildfires. Sounder Bruce 17:48, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SounderBruce, to remove wording, how about replacing "connected" with "during the"? Tails Wx 18:11, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still too wordy. Consider that "2023 Louisiana wildfires" is the anchor of the hook and that "fires" does not need to be repeated. Sounder Bruce 20:07, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any hook suggestions? I can't think of a hook without one being too wordy. Tails Wx 20:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My suggestion: ...that this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history? (Since I've suggested this, I will have recuse myself from the review.) Sounder Bruce 20:53, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think that'll do. Thanks, SounderBruce! Tails Wx 21:27, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a second review, as I had suggested a hook. Sounder Bruce 04:39, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested hook is good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:06, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]