Talk:1993 Finchley Road bombings

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 20:54, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Comments

• "a travel agents" isn't just "a travel agent"?
• "environment 1 mile north of the initial bombings in" comma after environment and bombings.
• "1 mile" convert
• "exploded four more bombs in north London, two exploded " exploded quickly repeated, perhaps detonated for the first?
• "4 injuries" four.
• "and was the first" doesn't really "run on". I would full stop after Howard and then "They were the first...
• "Following the bombing, the" bombings.
• "early 1993, the Northern Ireland peace process had just" overlinked.
• "the IRA ceasefire in 1994" include IRA in the pipelink.
• "in 1994.[3] In 1994" repetetive.
• "on the 27 " no need for the.
• "in Camden Town.[6] 18 people were" merge, which helpfully avoids starting sentence with a numeral.
• "At 00:20 UTC, a telephone" add date in here now we're talking about the actual subject of the article.
• "Society.[10][9] The" ref order.
• "On the 2 October" no need for the.
• "bomb could've been" avoid contractions.
• File:1993 Finchley Road bombings artist's impression of blast subject.png please fill in the "n.a."s, these are not suitable justifications for non-free image usage.

That's all I have for now. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 09:50, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man  Done. Feel free to highlight any other concerns. — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 17:50, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:22, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that the 1993 Finchley Road bombings were the first London bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in six months? Source: Vincent, John (2 October 1993). "Four injured as bomb blasts hit Finchley Road". The Times. p. 1

Improved to Good Article status by Berrely (talk). Self-nominated at 10:22, 4 September 2021 (UTC).

• Note: This is my first DYK. — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 10:53, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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: - WP:DAILYMIRROR, the source for the fact in the article, is yellow-lit. For a major event like this, surely a higher-quality source is available?
• Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Although the specific six-months fact isn't something that pulls me in, the page topic (a bombing) has enough intrinsic interest that I think it'll get a decent number of views, and quickly reading over the page, I don't see anything better. No QPQ needed, and copyvio/sourcing/etc. assumed to have been covered during the GAN. Let me know once you've improved the source and if you have any other ideas about a hook, and then this will be good to go. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:55, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Sdkb Is basic maths okay? This Times piece states the last attack was the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing ("Natwest Tower"), which was in April 1993. Otherwise I can change the hook to something else. — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 19:38, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

@Berrely: Yep, basic maths is fine, per WP:CALC. Lmk once you've changed to that and this will be good to go. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:48, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

@Sdkb:  Done — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 19:53, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

@Berrely: Oops, the change needs to be in the article itself, not here (the source here doesn't actually show up on the main page). , assuming that you change the article itself momentarily. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:00, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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