Talk:Texas rice production

A fact from Texas rice production appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Houston Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad invited Japanese farmers to advise them about rice production in Texas?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:16, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Japanese farmers were invited to the region by the Houston chamber of commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad to advise about Texas rice production?
- ALT1:... that by 1903, Louisiana and Texas rice production accounted for 99 percent of the rice grown in the United States?

Created/expanded by Hu Nhu (talk). Self-nominated at 19:51, 6 March 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Hu Nhu: Hi, here is my review. epicgenius (talk) 00:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings @Epicgenius: and thank you for your kind attention to the article at hand. I believe I have addressed your objections in a manner you will find to be adequate. I do hope the article is promoted.Hu Nhu (talk) 13:30, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - There are a few common phrases that should be reworded, since they are not proper names.
Other problems: - By 1903, Texas—cultivated 234,000 acres of rice. - was there supposed to be something in the middle of the sentence? Otherwise, remove the dash.

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - Hook is sourced, but the citation needs to be repeated just after the relevant statement, per WP:DYK#Cited hook.
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I suggest converting the first two sections into level-2 headers (only 2 equal signs, instead of 3 equal signs), or adding a main header above the "Early Cultivation" section. Currently this usage of header violates the MOS. epicgenius (talk) 00:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to go now. epicgenius (talk) 13:33, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]