# Talk:2010 Guatemala City sinkhole

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Reviewer: Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs) 19:01, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
This looks pretty strong already, though there are two issues:
1. It needs a copyedit, particularly the non-definition "The 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole is a sinkhole in Guatemala City". Also, if the sinkhole has been filled in, use the past tense, "was" not "is". 
2. It could use an overhead view of some sort, even if it's just the approximate dimensions of the sinkhole drawn onto an overhead view taken before or after. 
Fix those, and it should be ready for GA. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:01, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the review! I have removed the non-definition. I also found the sinkhole on google maps and it is indeed filled in. As a result I have changed the verb tense. 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 19:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
I have also found an image which depicts the sinkhole from above. It is included in the article now. 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 20:01, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Right. The lead is still a little weak - I copyedited a little - but for an event that is, in the end, a one off, this is a good, comprehensive article.
It's a fairly short article, but the subject is, in the end, a single, one-off event, which limits the scope. It may be worth throwing an after-it-was-filled-in-image as well, but on the whole,  Pass. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:48, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the review! 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 20:54, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

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What was the outcome? Did they fill up the hole, wall off the neighborhood, pave it over, ... ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.169.136.119 (talk) 17:05, 16 September 2013 (UTC) 

It was filled in. I will add that to the article shortly. 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 20:33, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
I had to look up what "lodocreto" was. It is actually a kind of soil cement, so I added the link. I also did the same to the mention in the article about the 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole. 192.40.239.178 (talk) 20:38, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

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I recall very well from 2010 that one of the reasons that the storm sewers leaked and eventually undermined the soil underneath the sewer junctions where the 2010 "sinkhole" happened was that Álvaro Arzú, when he was Mayor of Guatemala City in the 1980s, had the clean-out entrances to the junctions paved over, so that maintenance crews could no longer access them to remove debris and assess their condition. I was surprised that this goes unmentioned in the article. 2800:98:1117:1231:DF4E:AFDC:6AEE:5879 (talk) 03:36, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed that there is an "update needed" orange banner in the article since 2019. Is this still valid? The lead also doesn't summarise all major aspects of the article. Should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 20:45, 4 November 2025 (UTC)


### 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole
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There is an "update needed" orange banner in the article since 2019. Is this still valid? The lead also doesn't summarise all major aspects of the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:33, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

The section marked for required update has information about government's intentions about the sinkhole but doesn't have update on the taken actions. I checked Gnews and GScholar, and didn't spot any updates on its status. There are listicles posted after 2010 that briefly mention the sinkhole but gove only 2010 information. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 14:23, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
I slightly expanded the lead, adding similarity with other Guatemala City sinkhole. When/if we have an update about the hole filling it can be added too. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 14:23, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
This article should probably be merged with Tropical Storm Agatha (2010). Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 16:33, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink mobile: Would you like to initiate a merge proposal? Z1720 (talk) 16:50, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Proposed merger here. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk)  17:23, 12 November 2025 (UTC)