Template:Did you know nominations/Suwałki Gap

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:07, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Suwałki Gap

• ... that the only
  EU and NATO pass through the Suwałki Gap? For power line, railway line and two main roads,^[1] gas pipeline^[2]
  • ALT1: ... that the Suwałki Gap is often described as the modern version of the Cold War-era Fulda Gap, a NATO vulnerability of historical importance? Source: ^[3][4][5][6]
  • ALT2: ... that in the event of a Russia-NATO war, the occupation of a 65 km (40 mi)-long strip of land by the former is enough to cut the Baltic states from the rest of NATO and the European Union? Source: Basically the whole point of why it's called a gap; see [1]
  • ALT3: ... that one of the coldest areas in Poland may actually be one of the hottest in NATO? Coldest: see Polityka article (it's literally one of the coldest areas), hottest: as in hot spot, the one with most activity: [2]
  • Reviewed: User:Szmenderowiecki/Sort_of_recognised_contributions#DYK_reviews

Moved to mainspace by Szmenderowiecki (talk). Self-nominated at 13:53, 29 April 2022 (UTC).

• Comment, not review: Szmenderowiecki, to help the reviewer, please could you add a reliable source or sources for each hook, especially for the "hottest" part of ALT3? TSventon (talk) 14:18, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
  • I'm now listening to proceedings of a conference related to the topic, once I'm done (should be by tomorrow morning), I'll post everything as proposed. So far the indications of where the sources lie are given. The "hottest" part is more in the meaning of a "hot spot". Szmenderowiecki (talk) 16:20, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

All good (size, refs, neutrality, date, etc.). The only minor concern is regardng the tone of ALT3. As the nom admits: " a bit trollish, but I would prefer this one, 'cause it's catchy". I concur it is catchy, but I have concerns it is too catchy to be encyclopedic (reminds of the "old" days of the Wikipedia were such tone was allowed, however). Which hook to use, I'll leave to the DYK admins. Well done! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:46, 13 June 2022 (UTC)