# Talk:1995 Neftegorsk earthquake

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--JeffGBot (talk) 03:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I have some new templates for citing earthquake sources ({{Cite isc}}, {{Cite anss}}), and propose to try them out here. Implicit in this is change of citation style from "named-refs" to short-cites ("shortened citations"). Any objections? ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:04, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
There being no objections, I boldly proceeded. Found more sources, replaced some dead sources, and added two paragraphs on the scientific aspects. Also more detail on why this quake was so deadly. (It turns out this quake is actually quite interesting, despite the complete non-mention of such details in the previous version.) I have not fixed all of the deficiencies, as 1) that was not my intent, and 2) they are a reminder of where all earthquake articles need improvement. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 23:09, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Since I am not good with style editing, I will put suggestions here and it will be up to @SamBroGaming: to decide whether to implement them.
1. “It was the most destructive earthquake known within the modern borders of Russia” -> “most destructive earthquake in post-Soviet history” as Severo-Kurilsk was technically in modern Russia territory unless you specifically mean land, but I get what you mean.
2. I dislike the use of the word “interesting”, I would change it to “it received considerable attention from scientists” or something close to that. Stylistic choice, feel free to ignore.
3. I think there should be a space between 11 and MPa per MOS:UNITS.
4. Span -> spanned in talking about aftershocks
5. Double link of MSK.
6. “The 650 residents who lived in the shorter brick buildings survived the earthquake without collapses.” -> “The 650 residents who lived in the shorter brick buildings without collapses survived the earthquake” I feel like originally, it is confusing as it could be taken as people collapsing.
7. Wave like vs wave-like?
8. Should there be a comma after however and a semicolon before however when talking about the helicopters per MOS:COMMA?
9. “Scientific Interest” -> “Scientific interest” in section title?
Feel free to ignore any/all of these, they are merely suggestions and not requirements. Dishwasher on the F13 discord server(User:Dora the Axe-plorer) knows more about Wiki conventions than I do, so you can probably ask him. the wildfire update guy that also writes about other weather (talk) 07:16, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

I would like to promote this article to A class, and according to WP:A?, that requires two uninvolved editors to agree, without significant opposes. With previously given feedback being taken into account, I hope to hear from editors soon.
Thanks, SamBroGaming (talk) 00:58, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

I'll try over the next few weeks ... Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 08:47, 6 February 2025 (UTC)