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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 PFHLai (talk) 13:56, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Tragedy of Otranto edit

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Created/expanded by Gaius Claudius Nero (talk). Self nom at 19:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

  • The article is new (it is fivefold expanded 745/4,234). It is long enough and within policy. The hook is not too long (120 characters). I am afraid there is a problem with formatting guidelines and the neutrality of the hook. The name of the article is not bolded wikilinked part of the hook. The article and available sources contain different numbers of people who died because of this tragedy, but the hook presents only one of those numbers. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 23:52, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
This is relatively recent and controversial event which is subject of dispute between Italy and Albania. Even the number of the victims is disputed. The source for your claim: as many 83 would be migrants from Albania died in fact says: "eighty-three people are assumed to have died". Many other sources present different figures. Here is a source which claims that 84 people died and 60 bodies are discovered. It is not the only source which presents figure of 84 victims. This source says: The total number of persons killed is estimated between 86 and 108. CNN says "Albanian officials claimed that 83 people were still missing after Fridays collision, but Italian authorities say the number is likely to be smaller." The proposed hooks could mislead readers to believe that number of 83 victims is undisputed. I propose to reword the hook and to clarify that the number of victims is "assumed" (or some other word like supposed) to be 83, plus to clarify that they have died because of this collision, not after it.
My knowledge of English is not perfect. I found the meaning of "as many as (number)" here. It says: "Idiom: no fewer than... As many as (a stated number)". If expression "as many as (number)" means something else in this case please let me know (I guess there is a mistake in Alt1 with one "as" missing). CNN report is outdated and all other reports are newer. So I agree with Alt1 (with one as added). New hook has 146 characters and meets formatting guidelines. The hook is neutral, interesting and cited.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 09:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
for ALT1.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
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