Template:Did you know nominations/Mintaro, South Australia
- 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) 06:44, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
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Mintaro, South Australia
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Workers mining Mintaro slate at the quarry, c. 1880.
- ... that the small town of Mintaro, South Australia, produces world-class slate (pictured) from what is believed to be the oldest continuing operating quarry in Australia? Source: "In 1982 register historian Katrina McDougall compiled a report on Mintaro Slate Quarries. At the conclusion of Katrina’s report she stated, “The Mintaro Quarry is the oldest continuously functioning quarry in South Australia and in the opinion of Mr David Young of the Mines and Energy Department, possibly in Australia.”" [1]
- Reviewed: HMS Blackcock
5x expanded by Spy007au (talk). Self-nominated at 01:58, 18 January 2018 (UTC).
Problem here: you are slightly short of a 5x expansion. Needs another 200 or so more characters. Suggest expanding the lead to meet this. I have reformatted you hook to link the page in question. Hook fine, supported by wishy-washy online reference. Article is not fully referenced. Not a show-stopper, but add some references when you get the chance. Image is fine, I tweaked the licence. QPQ is required since you have 12 DYK credits.[2] You need to review a DYK article. Ping me if you need assistance with this. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:22, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- I have expanded the lead to meet the 5x criteria. There is a solid and legitimate reference from the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, in the Slate and Flagstone section of the article. See: https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/our-places/heritage/visiting-heritage-places/state-heritage-areas/Mintaro
- I will add further references to the article main body shortly. I haven't submitted a DYK article since October 2012. I stopped because I hate reviewing/critiquing other peoples work. Sorry, but not my cup of tea. If that's a problem, then I'm happy to withdraw the DYK nomination.
