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Did you know... that the 1993 Finchley Road bombings were the first London bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in six months?

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

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)[reply]

@The Rambling Man

Done. Feel free to highlight any other concerns. — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 17:50, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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

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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).[reply]

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

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

@Sdkb:

Done — Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 19:53, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@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)[reply]

To T:DYK/P3