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Mezquital Valley

 * ... that Mexico's main arid and semi-arid regions, the Mezquital Valley, Baja California, the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley and the Chihuahua Desert, account for 60% of the country's territory?

Created by Thelmadatter (talk). Nominated by Carabinieri (talk) at 15:03, 4 March 2013 (UTC).


 * This hook is confusing, and doesn't seem to be entirely about the Mezquital Valley. How about:
 * ALT1: ... that the Mezquital Valley was once the seat of the Toltec civilization?" Ego White Tray (talk) 05:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hooks don't have to be only about the main article. Why is it confusing?--Carabinieri (talk) 06:32, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced. The page creator has done a thorough job covering the subject. The majority of online sources are in Spanish, so I am not able to check for close paraphrasing, but knowing this page creator's work and also seeing the way she structures her sentences, I trust that close paraphrasing has been avoided. No QPQ necessary, as another editor nominated the page.
 * Regarding the hook, I agree with Ego White Tray that the original hook is not great. Lumping all the semi-arid regions together into 60% of Mexican territory is just not interesting. ALT1 is OK, but the fact that really jumped out at me when I read the page was:
 * ALT2: ... that the Mezquital Valley produces one-quarter of all green chili peppers grown in Mexico?
 * There are two phrases in the article that don't make sense; maybe a word is missing? They are:
 * Geography and Environment - first paragraph: It is defined history and culture as well as ecology, especially the hydrology of rivers and streams such as the Tula, Alfajayucan, Arroyo Zarco, Rosas, Salado and others.
 * Geography and Environment - third paragraph: What are y reeds?
 * Yoninah (talk) 23:46, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * the "y reeds" is a typo which I have fixed. Instead of the valley being defined by mountains surrounding it (as it consists of a number of smaller valleys), the rivers and the area they drain also define it.Thelmadatter (talk) 22:04, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Thanks for making those corrections. So which ALT hook do you prefer – or do you have another suggestion? Yoninah (talk) 18:51, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The green chili one. The Toltecs were in the far south of the valley and never dominated it as far as we know.Thelmadatter (talk) 20:39, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote4.png Great. But since I wrote it, I have to leave it to another editor to give the stamp of approval. Nice working with you. Yoninah (talk) 21:06, 16 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Good to go, with the two Spanish refs taken AGF (although the translations by Google Translate seem consistent with the claim). Everything else looks fine to me. Chamal T •C 17:50, 18 March 2013 (UTC)