Talk:Frye Fire

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DateProcessResult
January 11, 2023Good article nomineeListed
February 3, 2023Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 17, 2023.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Frye Fire decimated the population of the already endangered Mount Graham red squirrel in Arizona?
Current status: Featured article

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 07:45, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Almost there. Move one comma to another sentence and see about all those 2017s in the lead. No other concerns besides those. 7-day hold to Vami_IV. Sammi Brie (she/her • tc) 07:45, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copy changes[edit]

  • Wonder if there are too many uses of "2017" in the lead sentence, especially sentences 2–3
  • By June 9, an area of 15–20 acres (6.1–8.1 ha) was on fire and the flames were spreading in the direction of the Frye Mesa Reservoir. Add a comma after "fire" (User:Sammi Brie/Commas in sentences)
  • On June 24, the Frye Fire was pushed back from the MGIO and was estimated to be 29% contained, but grew to 35,569 acres (14,394 ha). For the same reason, you don't need a comma after "contained"

Sourcing and spot checks[edit]

Earwig's biggest fit was over "the Mount Graham red squirrel, an endangered subspecies of the American red squirrel", from one of the Republic articles. I'm fine with this because it's the most succinct description of the squirrel. No other textual issues.

Five references were selected for spot checks.

  • 15: Daily Star article on wildfire smoke from mostly the Frye Fire. checkY
  • 20: June 25 KGUN report notes containment on the fire. checkY
  • 22: Vatican Observatory report by Rev. Pavel Gabor ("Frye Fire: VATT Damage Assessment on June 27") in which he notes no sign of heat or smoke damage. checkY
  • 40: Eastern Arizona Courier report is one of two citations at this location and backs up the overflow part. "This actually overflowed into the field and came over the road; that’s why it’s muddy here," checkY
  • 48: December 2022 Republic article, The Mount Graham red squirrel population peaked in the 1990s at about 550. The numbers began to decline again and typically ranged from 200-300 squirrels annually up until the 2017 Frye Fire. with the current number at 156. checkY

Other items[edit]

  • References are archived.
  • There are two images, one cropped from a PD-USGov work and another made available under CC-BY 2.0. Both have alt text.
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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Bruxton (talk) 02:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Improved to Good Article status by Vami IV (talk). Self-nominated at 09:59, 12 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 16:17, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

Vami_IV see the talk page at DYK. I hope you are ok with the hook language change and the addition to the article. If not I can ask to have the hook removed for discussion. Bruxton (talk) 00:05, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruxton: I'll change the existing prose. I just objected to adding an additional, redundant sentence. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 01:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks much! Bruxton (talk) 01:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Typo[edit]

♠Vamí, this diff introduced an error: "an outbreak of strep throat.by the fire." WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:26, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoing: Addressed. Thanks for pointing this out. –♠Vamí_IV†♠ 04:28, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I'd have fixed it myself, but I couldn't work out whether it just needed to be removed or if there was most of a missing sentence. WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:57, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]