Template:Did you know nominations/Mining industry of Madagascar
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by — Maile (talk) 20:38, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
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Mining industry of Madagascar
[edit]... that the mining industry of Madagascar was ignored by the government until the 2000s?
Moved to mainspace by Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk), and Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 17:29, 2 July 2015 (UTC).
-Madagascar - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3000 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified and is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, 2 pictures in article are Commons copyright free, but none used in DYK nomination. QPQ of Hexagenia bilineata done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:54, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Hook wording not supported by source. "Ignored" did not get involved in mining whatsoever. The source states "neglected", which has a different meaning (to allow to slip into decay through insufficient action, usually not deliberate). The wording is present in the article as well and must be fixed before this is promoted. The hook is also overly vague; when I first read the hook, I thought it meant the government ignored mining that was occurring (i.e. turned a blind eye to environmental concerns) rather than ignoring the potential for economic development through mining. ~ RobTalk 09:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Made changes in the text to “neglected” instead of “ignored”. New Hook suggestion is
- ALT1...that the mining industry of Madagascar was struggling in 2013 due to "low metals prices and distrustful companies", attributed to a 2009 coup? Nvvchar 16:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
- -Madagascar - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3000 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified of "low metals prices and distrustful companies", attributed to a 2009 coup. Hook is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, 2 pictures in article are Commons copyright free, but none used in DYK nomination. QPQ of Hexagenia bilineata done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:01, 21 August 2015 (UTC)