Template:Did you know nominations/Sahara Sea 5 article nomination

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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:32, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

François Élie Roudaire, Sahara Sea, Chott, Chott el Fejej, Invasion of the Sea

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• François Élie Roudaire
• Sahara Sea
• Chott
• Chott el Fejej
• Invasion of the Sea

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• ... that François Roudaire (pictured) proposed flooding the Sahara by a channel cut from the Mediterranean to the Chott el Fejej, an event which was portrayed in Jules Verne's last novel, and later was re-imagined with nuclear explosives?

• Reviewed: Israel Keyes, North Bastion (two article hook), 1930 in tennis, Mike Mariano Memorial Shield
• Comment: Invasion of the Sea should be counted for expansion from this edit because the entry in the publication history section had a bullet point improperly omitted and should not be counted as part of the body text related to 5x expansion.

Created/expanded by IronGargoyle (talk). Self nom at 04:49, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

• Hook, length, and date check out. Here is an alternate hook, reworded for clarity; maybe leave off the nuclear explosives? Intelligentsium 23:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that François Roudaire (pictured) proposed flooding the Sahara by digging a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to Chott el Fejej, a project that was dramatized in Jules Verne's last novel, and later re-imagined in the nuclear age? Intelligentsium 23:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

• Intelligentsium, can you please clarify whether you reviewed all five articles for size, age, 5x expansion (if any were not new), hook sourcing, sourcing in general, close paraphrasing, neutrality, etc.? Your review is not clear about this (not even plural was used for "length"), so I wanted to confirm that this is indeed a full five-article review. Many thanks. IronGargoyle, please let us know whether ALT1 is okay with you. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, all five articles were reviewed for all of the criteria you mentioned, AGF for offline sources. Intelligentsium 00:43, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Removing ? icon. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)