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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:38, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

El Laco

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Improved to Good Article status by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 09:40, 9 June 2016 (UTC).

16px Hello! This article was promoted to GA and the DYK followed within two days, so it meets the "New" criteria. Its length is more than sufficient and the hook is sourced with a scientific paper that is certainly a RS. I checked for paraphrasing and most coincidences seem to be around the volume and altitude measurements, which can't really be reworded in many ways. No obvious policy violations were noticed. The hook format is nominal, but the content may need some rewording. Most of the public doesn't know why these iron rich flows are special (most of the public doesn't even know what is in regular lava flows), the article in question mentions that they are "enigmatic" and to make the hook interesting, that should be noted in it. Everything else is ready. Old School WWC Fan (talk) 23:45, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
  • @Old School WWC Fan: Per Wikipedia:Did you know#Eligibility criteria 3. Cited hook: The fact(s) mentioned in the hook must be cited in the article. The word "enigmatic" appears in the lead without an inline cite, so ALT1 is not yet ready to go. Perhaps the page creator wishes to quote the cited part about it being unique in the world. Yoninah (talk) 20:40, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
There is a section devoted to its possible origins and several references (2, 13, 23, 24, 25 and 26) that discuss several hypotheses, words like "supporting" and "suggest" imply that there is not a definitive theory. I assumed that its origin being unclear was self-evident from the cited prose, which is what "enigmatic" would mean. Something can be of unknown characteristics or origins without being unique in the world. Old School WWC Fan (talk) 00:46, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
I've added the "enigmatic" explicitly to the article, in the "origin" section.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:35, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
  • Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus. Offline hook ref AGF and cited inline. Restoring tick per Old School WWC Fan's review. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 14:12, 14 June 2016 (UTC)