Talk:2014 Louisville, Mississippi tornado: Difference between revisions

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. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by HurricaneZeta (talk) 14:50, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GrenadinesDes (talk) 23:47, 16 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

• The article is new enough and is long enough for DYK. QPQ is not required since the nominator has fewer than 5 prior nominations. The article appears neutrally written and well sourced and it doesn’t show any copyvio issue. Although the hook is interesting, I’m not fully confident about the sourcing for the hook’s main claim (the “door thrown 30 miles” detail). The CBS link seems to quote a tweet rather than confirm the fact directly, so I’m unsure whether that is strong enough for a hook. I’m a new reviewer, so I would appreciate a second opinion from someone more experienced on the hook verification. 1475Steeven (talk) 14:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I’ll take on that portion, looking thru the claim of the “30 mile door”, which I can see thru another subsequent article in 2020 by CBS affiliate WHNT-TV in 2020. The source of the quote is a weather reporter named Dennis Merserau, whose name and articles checks out in multiple books and publications and in addition, the article has additional citation of being an artifact of this tornado. Prose size is 27298 characters. Verification of the Earwig Copyvio Check checks out for me as well. It is thoroughly written, and if you would like, get this additional citation in just for “two-factor” authentication of the door quote. By all means, I approve of this article. NeverBeGameOver (talk) 18:51, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]