Talk:Darwin and Sumatra rocked by offshore earthquakes

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local tagging?[edit]

earthquakes happen around the world all the time and it appears nobody got injured so. and it happend in indonesia. what the 5th most populated country in the world? and darwin is the headline? ima from australia and i know this is wrong.--Whywhywhy 11:47, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I dont understand what you are saying. Why has the article been removed?--elliot_k 13:07, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The correct tag is [[Category:Local only]]. Not sure if this should be excluded or not, so I've just corrected it to match Whywhywhy's wishes. Brian McNeil / talk 13:23, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
yyy - Perhaps your'e referring to the Australia-centric POV of the article. I'm still searching for more Indonesian and Papau info... Will refresh the story if and when I find more sources. Lack of media outlets in the region mean not much else is available besides the Aussie gear. Cheers, --elliot_k 14:55, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I was surprised it showed up on the main page even with the local only category, but it previously wasn't showing up because the date was mis-formatted. Based on Whywhywhy's comment it might be better to rename to something descriptive of the location of the earthquake (sea/ocean/nearest landmass) and mention its effects being felt in Darwin. Good luck on your search for sources. Brian McNeil / talk 15:03, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There's no reason to keep this article off the main page at the moment because the entire Wiki is only producing about five articles a day. It is a well-written and comprehensive article, and in my opinion we should be showing it off, not hiding it. - Borofkin 23:19, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]