Template:Did you know nominations/Mining industry of Uganda


 * 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 Keilana (talk) 15:45, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Mining industry of Uganda

 * ... that in the 1990s, the mining industry of Uganda accounted for nearly half the country's revenue receipts?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uthman Pasha al-Kurji

Moved to mainspace by Rosiestep (talk), Nvvchar (talk), Dr. Blofeld (talk), and Skr15081997 (talk). Nominated by Rosiestep (talk) at 17:29, 2 July 2015 (UTC).


 * The source cited says that in the 1990s revenues from mining increased  by 48% (not that they accounted for 48% of total revenue). Belle (talk) 01:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Alt1 Hook ... that in the 1990s, revenues from the mining industry of Uganda increased by about 48%?  Nvvchar  16:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)‎

Article
 * New - ✅ Nominated on the same day as shift to mainspace
 * Long enough - ✅ >3k prose characters
 * Within policy
 * Neutral - ✅
 * Meets WP:RS and WP:V - ❌ ✅ See below
 * Close paraphrasing - ❌ ✅ See below

Hook
 * Format - ✅ ~110 characters
 * Content - ✅ Neutral, accurate, and cited hook? Yes. "Interesting" is a matter of opinion. Personally I'd be more interested in North Korea's financing of the Kilembe copper mine project...

Other
 * QPQ - ✅ done
 * Image - ✅ No image.


 * So far so good. I will look into close paraphrasing by the end of the day and finish the review then. -Thibbs (talk) 13:44, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing OK sorry for the delay. I've looked over the article and its sources now and I've located a few substantially similar lines which I will discuss below: Conclusion - Not excessive. The source is cited and the verbatim portion is nothing more than a raw list of materials which in my view tends in a Feist-ward direction. Re-arranging or rewording the list would not improve matters. An easy solution is to add attributive text like so: "Uganda's extractive industry activities have been identified by the Natural Resource Governance Institute as focused on..." (green text here represents added attribution).
 * A1 - "Uganda's extractive industry activities have focused on commercial mining of cobalt, gold, copper, iron ore, tungsten, steel, tin and other industrial minerals such as cement, diamond, salt and vermiculite." (from the Wikipedia article)
 * A2 - "Commercial mining activity has been concentrated in extraction of cobalt, gold, copper, iron ore, tungsten, steel, tin and other industrial products such as cement, diamonds, salt and vermiculite." (from www.resourcegovernance.org)

Conclusion - Again we have a properly cited claim where the close paraphrasing comes from factual sweat-of-the-brow material (raw figures) rather than creative ideas. Here the distinguished phrases "but..." "however..." are identical but they are presented in distinction to two different lead-ups so I think they are presenting sufficiently distinct ideas to avoid plagiarism. Again this can be easily solved by adding an attributive phrase like: "However, the World Bank reported that the sector's contribution..." (again the greentext represents the added attributive phrase).
 * B1 - "However, the sector's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) dropped from 6% during the 1970s to below 0.5% in 2010." (from Wikipedia)
 * B2 - "but the mining sector’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) sunk from six percent in the 1970s to less than 0.5% in 2010." (from www.worldbank.org)

Conclusion - This could probably stand to be reworded a little.
 * C1 - "artisanal mining has been promoted for community development, and 50 artisanal and small-scale mining associations have been established" (from Wikipedia)
 * C2 - "improving artisanal mining as a form of community development. Fifty artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) associations were formed" (from www.worldbank.org)

Conclusion - Mostly factual details (scope and duration of licenses). Not sufficiently closely paraphrased to bar the DYK. I think it's probably OK to leave this as is.
 * D - some of the phrasing in the Wikipedia article's "Legal framework" subsection matches that in the "Mining Investment Code" subsection of www.mbendi.com

Make these three minor changes (the two greentext segments in A and B and some rewording of phrase C) and I think the article will meet the DYK standards. -Thibbs (talk) 02:39, 27 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: I have uncollapsed the bulk of the review, as all critical points should remain visible for others to see, especially the eventual promoter. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:08, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have made corrections in the text as suggested by .  Nvvchar . 02:50, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . The minor close-paraphrasing issues have been addressed. -Thibbs (talk) 10:38, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

References A few more issues when comparing with the Google Books sources:
 * "Limestone is sold in local markets whereas gold, tin and tungsten are major exports"
 * The citation points to page 84, but it should point to page 140. This will entail creating a new reference since the other refs to page 84 are correct.


 * "Despite this, Uganda must import cement from Kenya."
 * Accurate as of 2012 (date of the source), but the source suggests that this may soon change. Our article should either incorporate an As of template together with the 2012 date, or we should look for a more up-to-date source.


 * "North Korea financed the Ugandan government's project to rehabilitate Kilembe copper mine and extract cobalt."
 * The source suggests that the French were involved in the cobalt extraction aspects of the government plan. Probably best to either mention France as well or cut mention of the cobalt extraction.

Sorry to delay this. Fix these and I'll give it a pass. -Thibbs (talk) 15:02, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Outcome Good to go. -Thibbs (talk) 10:38, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Nvvchar . 12:07, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Actually hold on a moment. I had been AGF-ing the Google Books material due to the links not working for me (I was using a very old mac). Now I'm on a computer that can see the book previews so I'd like to go satisfy myself re:WP:V for these (especially for the Uganda Business Law Handbook which makes up the bulk of the cites). No ping for now because hopefully this will be quick and I can OK it without bothering Nvvchar. -Thibbs (talk) 14:25, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * OK sorry about that, . I've found a few more issues. Nothing major. Please see the underlined "References" section above. Ping me when you get these issues squared and I'll give it a pass. -Thibbs (talk) 15:02, 28 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Made changes as suggested.  Nvvchar . 23:09, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks Nvvchar. Good to go for real now. -Thibbs (talk) 23:58, 28 August 2015 (UTC)