Template:Did you know nominations/Durkee Fire

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 Kimikel talk 17:14, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK toolbox
DYK check Reviewer instructions Earwig's Copyvio Detector QPQ check Character count A Simple Word Counter Reviewers' template Find sources (notability) Hook length

• ... that the Durkee Fire (pictured) was started by a lightning strike in Baker County, Oregon? Source: "Durkee Fire". InciWeb. United States Forest Service. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  • ALT1: ... that the Durkee Fire (pictured) is classified as a megafire? Source: "Durkee Fire". InciWeb. United States Forest Service. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Joan Ruth
  • Comment: Thanks for the review!

Bsoyka (t • c • g) 04:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC).

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I googled how common fires caused by lightning strikes are and according to this source, they are responsible for 10% of global forest fires which makes it a bit less interesting. Sahaib (talk) 14:02, 27 July 2024 (UTC)