Template:Did you know nominations/Whaling in the Philippines

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The result was: rejected by Tentinator 08:35, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Whaling in the Philippines

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... that despite the ban on whaling in the Philippines, it is believed that the whaling industry in the Philippines went underground?

Created by Hariboneagle927 (talk). Nominated by Tentinator (talk) at 13:34, 25 December 2013 (UTC).

Creation date verified, sufficient amount of references. The hook is illogical, if there wasn't a ban the whaling industry would probably never have gone underground. So 'because' instead of 'despite', if that's supported by the references, or some formulation that whaling is still being conducted. Article size is also a bit of an issue: There are 1709 characters, but the excessive use of "in the Philippines" (8x, also redundant in the hook) and "Philipines" (3x) should be copyedited and could bring the article below 1500. --Pgallert (talk) 10:59, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- I cannot access the main source, it says it is corrupt. For a full review, please email me the pdf. --Pgallert (talk) 10:59, 10 January 2014 (UTC)