Template:Did you know nominations/Mining industry of Liberia


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 01:06, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Mining industry of Liberia

 * ... that although 155,000 carats of diamonds are officially mined in Liberia annually, far more are smuggled illegally?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eliza Meek

Moved to mainspace by Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk), and Dr. Blofeld (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 17:29, 2 July 2015 (UTC).
 * Symbol confirmed.svg -Liberia - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3800 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified and is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, book illustration in article is copyright free but not used in DYK nomination. QPQ of Eliza Meek done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:15, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The 155,000 carat figure was for 2001; you can't claim that as a regular annual figure. Belle (talk) 01:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Alternate hook suggestion
 * ALT1 ... that although 155,000 carats of diamonds were officially mined in Liberia in 2001, far more were smuggled to neighboring countries illegally?  Nvvchar  16:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg -Liberia - nominated 1 day after created, length of over 3800 characters is adequate, reference citations check, hook source verified of smuggled to neighboring countries illegally in 2001 verified. Hook is interesting, no copyvio or plagiarism, book illustration in article is copyright free but not used in DYK nomination. QPQ of Eliza Meek done.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:35, 21 August 2015 (UTC)