Template:Did you know nominations/Carbon accounting

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:06, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Carbon accounting

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... that Carbon accounting uses a framework of methods to measure and track how much greenhouse gas (GHG) an organization emits? Source: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/esg/carbon-accounting/
- ALT1: ... that the accounting of scope 3 emissions suffers from inconsistency and under-reporting? Source: https://www.msci.com/www/blog-posts/scope-3-carbon-emissions-seeing/02092372761 , https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-opinion-climate-global-biggest-polluters-scope-3-emissions-disclosures/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Faces of War Memorial

Improved to Good Article status by Dtetta (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 23:52, 4 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Carbon accounting; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

ALT2: ... that if you go down in the woods today, you're sure of finding a carbon accountant?
ALT3: ... that carbon accountants track nos?
ALT4: ... that carbon accountants are tracking down the burping cows?
ALT5: ... that carbon accountants are getting down and dirty? source https://carbonplan.org/research/soil-depth-sampling

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I've struck some of the alts that are not supported by the article and rephrased ALT3 so that it seems to be supported. ALT0 and ALT1 check out, but I think we can do better. Can we modify ALT0 or ALT1 to draw a general reader in a bit more (maybe change "scope 3 emissions" to "certain greenhouse gas emissions" so that readers have enough context to want to know what the article says), or write a hook about the more specific challenges like double-counting or which industries have been found to under-report? This is an important topic that lots of readers might be curious about, and I think these hooks undersell it a little. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 21:25, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

@Mx. Granger: I have added ALT5 into the article in the hope you might find it amusing Chidgk1 (talk) 08:04, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, but I think it is still too big of a stretch. But maybe we can come up with a different hook about soil depth causing difficulty for carbon accounting? That might be surprising enough to draw in readers. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 16:38, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

ALT6: ... that carbon accountants are tracking your nos?

@Mx. Granger: Do I have to explain why this wording is better than ALT3? I remember America used to have lots of good comedy writers (for example on The West Wing) - what happened? Has our British humour diverged from yours or am I just out of date with my attempts? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

ALT7: ... that laughing gas is serious stuff in carbon accounting?

Thanks, I appreciate the effort to make the hooks fun, but we shouldn't make them inaccurate in the process. ALT6 still doesn't seem to be supported by the article, which doesn't say that everyone produces nitrous oxide emissions tracked by carbon accountants, only that nitrous oxide in general is tracked in carbon accounting. ALT7 is fine, I guess, but doesn't seem much hookier than the others to me. So

ALT0, ALT1, ALT3, and ALT7 are approved, though I still think we can do better. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 14:34, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

I do like ALT7, so using that; many thanks to the writer, the comedian, and the auditor. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:40, 20 June 2023 (UTC)