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- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:50, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
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Incendiary balloon
![Helium balloons bearing flammable materials launched from Bureij, Gaza strip](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Incendiary_balloons_from_Gaza_strip.jpg/111px-Incendiary_balloons_from_Gaza_strip.jpg)
Helium balloons bearing flammable materials launched from Bureij, Gaza strip
- ... that in the Gaza strip condoms and party balloons are used to assemble incendiary balloons that together with incendiary kites started hundreds of fires in Israel during 2018?sources:[1][2]
- Reviewed: Wang Jian (businessman)
Created by Icewhiz (talk). Self-nominated at 09:25, 11 July 2018 (UTC).
- Proposed alt: "...that in the Gaza strip incendiary balloons made of condoms and party balloons have burned 6,000 acres of Israeli land in 2018?" Catrìona (talk) 02:45, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Minor modification to alt "...that incendiary balloons, made of condoms and party balloons, were launched from the Gaza strip and have burned thousands of acres of Israeli land in 2018?"
- I prefer to keep exact numbers out, as they vary and since this is ongoing. I'm OK with the alt, though mentioning kites in the hook is probably relevant (as all the estimates of burnt land are joint between kites and balloons). Also the burning land is not in Gaza - but rather the balloons are launched from Gaza (and then carried by wind go into Israel - one reached 35 kms inside)).Icewhiz (talk) 06:22, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
- Minor modification to alt "...that incendiary balloons, made of condoms and party balloons, were launched from the Gaza strip and have burned thousands of acres of Israeli land in 2018?"
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: Great hook! I have suggested an alt to be even snappier. Catrìona (talk) 02:45, 12 July 2018 (UTC)