Template:Did you know nominations/OPEC


 * 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 PFHLai (talk) 00:05, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

OPEC

 * ... that shale "fracking" technology has roughly doubled US oil production and halved worldwide oil prices, in an ongoing market battle with OPEC?


 * ALT1a:... that the 13 member countries of OPEC account for 40 percent of worldwide oil production and 73 percent of proven oil reserves?


 * ALT1b:... that the 13 member countries of OPEC have just 3 percent of the world's surface area but 73 percent of the world's proven oil reserves?


 * ALT2:... that 25 years ago, Saddam Hussein's retreating Iraqi troops ignited hundreds of Kuwaiti oil fires (pictured), in a war between two of the founding nations of OPEC?


 * Comment: For this steadily popular OPEC article (~1,000,000 page views per year) and my first DYK attempt, the first hook (ref 100&102) is probably the most timely, while ALT1a & ALT1b (ref 8&9&10) are the most durable, and ALT2 (ref 82) is the most photogenic. Other alternatives are welcome.

Improved to Good Article status by Patrug (talk). Self-nominated at 22:59, 10 April 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This is a newly promoted GA and an impressive article. Approving hooks ALT1b and ALT2, which have facts cited inline to reliable sources. (ALT0 and ALT1a may be OK, but I have not checked them.) The image is in the public domain and the article is neutral, but I have made no attempt to check on copyright issues because the task is too formidable. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:29, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks! (Copyright was checked pretty carefully a few weeks ago during the GA review.) —Patrug (talk) 00:58, 6 May 2016 (UTC)