Template:Did you know nominations/Land mines in the Falkland Islands


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Land mines in the Falkland Islands

 * ... that mine fields in the Falkland Islands are havens for Magellanic and Gentoo penguins (pictured)? "Fortunately, the landmines aren't a problem for the penguins - at least, not the little Magellanics and Gentoos of Yorke Bay. "They don't seem to be heavy enough to set them off," says Esther Bertram, chief executive officer of Falklands Conservation. Behind their fences, shielded from human encroachment, the penguins have had decades of peace and quiet in their minefield." (BBC News)
 * ALT1:... that many Falkland Islanders argued against the removal of Argentinian mine fields left behind after the 1982 war? "Falkland Islanders weren't enthused by the idea, to put it bluntly," says Barry Elsby, a member of the Falklands Legislative Assembly. "We would rather have left the minefields as they were. They are all clearly marked, clearly fenced. No civilian has ever been injured. We said to the British government, 'Don't spend the money here, go to some other country where they have a much greater need to free up farming land.'" (BBC News) "Planning and preparing for the landmine clearances in the Falkland Islands by the UK Government has met with considerable challenges, not least what was determined “The Falkland’s Initiative”, a proposal by Islanders that to avoid the environmental damage that the de-mining process was believed to cause and the enormous financial cost of clearing mines that in practical terms represent scarcely any risk to civilians, the money should rather be spent on mine clearances in parts of the world where due to mines people are at a very real risk of death, injury or loss of livelihood." (Merco Press)
 * ALT2:... it proved too windy to use mine-detecting rats (example pictured) to clear land mines from the Falkland Islands? "in some countries, such as Mozambique and Tanzania, rats have been used to sniff out landmines, but the windy weather in the Falklands prevents such techniques being used" (Merco Press)
 * Reviewed: to follow

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 22:08, 15 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough (5x expansion began on 11 January). Prose looks good, no copyright violations found on random spotchecks. Referencing is to reliable sources, properly documented. Images in article are properly licensed. Sadly, I have to reject ALT2 (at least, if you are really set on the cute rat picture), because the associated image is not used in the article. However, I'm inclined to support the main hook (with the penguins) anyway; the penguins are given quite a bit of consideration in the article, are well-sourced, and who doesn't like penguin hooks? Penguin image is fine for main page display. QPQ is still pending. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 14:27, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Squeamish Ossifrage, thanks for your review. It is actually a new article (it was moved from my userspace on 15 January).  I've now carried out a QPQ review at Template:Did you know nominations/John Buddle Blyth, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 20:06, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT0. With the QPQ handled, I think we're good to go here. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 20:48, 18 January 2019 (UTC)