Talk:Weather whiplash

A fact from Weather whiplash appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that weather whiplash is the phenomenon of rapid swings between extremes of weather conditions?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Weather whiplash.

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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 BorgQueen (talk) 00:21, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that weather whiplash is the phenomenon of rapid swings between extremes in weather? Source: "There's a term for this: weather whiplash. It generally describes a quick shift from one weather extreme to another." [1]
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- Comment: QPQ not needed; this is my third(?) nomination (despite a few years and thousands of edits). I concede the hook is not very interesting. I might be able to think up another if you think it's too boring.

Created by Heavy Water (talk). Self-nominated at 04:26, 2 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Weather whiplash; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - see comment below

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Heavy Water: Looks good. Per D11, I have re-rated the article to start-class. (I have also changed the reference to a link, just to avoid problems with reflists). For hooks, I usually prefer facts to what I call "definition hooks", but I think this hook is OK as is. I would recommend a slight rewording: ALT1 ... that weather whiplash is the phenomenon of rapid swings between extremes of weather conditions? Are you OK with this? Schminnte (talk • contribs) 18:17, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schminnte: Sure. Heavy Water (talk • contribs) 18:26, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm happy to approve this either way. Hook choice could be left up to the discretion of the promoter. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 18:29, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - Great, thanks for the review! Heavy Water (talk • contribs) 19:21, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]