Template:Did you know nominations/Solar storm of 2012

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 18:50, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Solar storm of 2012[edit]

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... that if the solar storm of 2012 (pictured) had hit the Earth, it might have taken several years for humanity to recover from the disaster due to widespread destruction of electronic equipment?
ALT1: ... that the solar storm of 2012 (pictured), which missed the Earth, had a similar intensity to the 1859 Carrington Event that damaged telegraph stations because of electromagnetically induced currents?

Reviewed: Chat flycatcher

Created by Anonimski (talk). Self nominated at 20:40, 10 January 2015 (UTC).

At 1656 characters, this is just barely long enough. It is new enough and properly referenced. Image is PD. The hook should be changed to avoid crystal balling; the article makes it clear that this is an estimate from a specific person, but it's presented as a certainty in the hook. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 01:55, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

User:Antony-22, I have changed the hook to something different now. - Anonimski (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

No, the original hook was great, it just needed a subtle wording change. I've restored it but changed "would" to "might". QPQ is good, no copyvios, or close paraphrasing, good to go. Both hooks are fine, with the original preferred. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I'm placing a strikethrough on the ALT1 tag to retract it so nobody accidentally copy-pastes that one instead. - Anonimski (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2015 (UTC)