Template:Did you know nominations/Abandoned mine drainage

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Abandoned mine drainage

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A creek impacted by abandoned mine drainage

... that abandoned mine drainage (effects pictured) has been used in hydraulic fracturing?

ALT1:... that abandoned mine drainage (effects pictured) is sometimes called "acid mine drainage" even though it is not always acidic?
ALT2:... that abandoned mine drainage (effects pictured) has been used in hydraulic fracturing and shows potential in capturing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants?
ALT3:... that abandoned mine drainage (effects pictured) impacts thousands of miles of streams in the eastern United States?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Dominican Convent, Ilanz
Comment: I could also swap in this picture or this one (the latter one is a Commons VI)

Created by Jakec (talk). Self-nominated at 17:16, 26 September 2015 (UTC).

This article is new, nominated within the time limit and meets Wikipedia core policies. By my count, the article text is 3898 characters, well in excess of the required minimum. It is free of close paraphrasing, copyvios and plagiarism. Multiple hooks have been submitted and all range from 98 to 168 characters. Personally, I prefer ALT3 because it best illustrates the magnitude of the problem, at least within two states, and is supported by two inline citations. (I was unable to open Reference 3, which was cited as a source.) I found that fact more interesting than the others.

The image is in Wikipedia Commons, where the article author states that the image is his own work and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. I think it illustrates the contamination issue much more vividly than does the proposed alternate picture. Please don't swap the pictures!

The author has cited the DYK review for The Dominican Convent, Ilanz. I have confirmed this QPQ.Bruin2 (talk) 04:48, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I have some issues about content that I intend to send the nominator later, but I doubt they fall within the scope of the DYK review. Bruin2 (talk) 04:48, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Since no issues have been found with any of the hooks, I'll note that I (as the nominator) consider ALTS0-2 to be more interesting, but I have no objection to any of them being used. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 13:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)