Talk:1428 Catalonia earthquake

A fact from 1428 Catalonia earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 July 2008, and was viewed approximately 268 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to a letter written in 1428 by President Felip de Malla to Alfonso the Magnanimous, Catalonia was devastated by an earthquake on Candlemas that year?

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The "citation needed" fact comes from the French Wiki. Srnec (talk) 03:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC) What does "problem of date formatting" mean? Srnec (talk) 23:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Convention[edit]

Let me just register by disapproval of the ridiculous "convention" that stipulates this be titled "1428 Catalonia earthquake" as opposed to "Catalan earthquake of 1428". —Srnec (talk) 03:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]