Template:Did you know nominations/Mining industry of Lesotho

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The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 01:35, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Withdrawn by nominator.

Mining industry of Lesotho

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~~... that diamond mining in Lesotho contributes virtually nothing to the country's economic growth?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bharatiya Janata Party

Moved to mainspace by Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk), and Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 17:29, 2 July 2015 (UTC).

-Lesotho - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3300 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified and is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, no picture in article. QPQ of Bharatiya Janata Party done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 17:56, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

The hook fact is uncited in the lede and contradicted by the final sentence of the lede and in the history section. Belle (talk) 01:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Modified text in view of comments. Suggesting alternative hook:

ALT1 ... that the mining in Lesotho of diamonds has contributed to the economic growth of the country from zero percent to 4%? Nvvchar 16:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)‎

-Lesotho - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3100 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified of 4%. Hook is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, no picture in article. QPQ of Bharatiya Janata Party done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Although technically true (all industries start from scratch), 0% is not in source - "virtually zero in 2000" - or article.

ALT2 ... that diamond mining in Lesotho contributed about 4% to the country's economic growth in 2011, from almost nothing a decade earlier? Fuebaey (talk) 22:41, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

ALT2 is fine Victuallers (talk) 23:25, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Pulled from the main page by Nick-D following the discussion at mainpage errors. Gatoclass (talk) 14:38, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts with this one, but we are withdrawing this nom. --Rosiestep (talk) 00:52, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

Sorry it didn't work out, Rosiestep. Thank you for letting us know. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:35, 29 August 2015 (UTC)