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• Regarding the Mining industry of Lesotho DYK, "diamond mining in Lesotho contributed about 4% to the country's economic growth in 2011" doesn't tally with what's in the article, which says that diamond mining constituted 4% of GDP (not growth). (Yes, I know I have the admin bit and could change this myself, but I thought I'd better get a second opinion before tinkering with the main page in case I'm missing something obvious.) ‑ iridescent 08:46, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
  • The article seems to be wrong - the source says that "The diamond mining industry’s contribution to Lesotho’s economic growth [emphasis added] has increased from virtually zero in 2000 to around 4.0 per cent in 2010/11". I've just corrected the article. Nick-D (talk) 09:58, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
    • Actually, the source later says that "The growth of the sector has contributed to the increase in the mining and quarrying subsector’s share in GDP from 0.9 per cent in 2004 to around 4.5 per cent in 2011" (though I'd note that the "has contributed to" also invalidates the hook given that other forms of mining would have also contributed). I suspect that it's not a reliable source given its saying two wildly different things (papers published by the central banks of developing countries shouldn't be assumed to be of a high quality, unfortunately). I think that this hook should be pulled from DYK - is there something to replace it? Nick-D (talk) 10:01, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

• One of the hooks in Prep Queue 6 (which I think is tomorrow) runs

... that according to a reviewer, Anita Nair's book Cut Like Wound is a "messy mash of characters and styles"?

• Since when do we run a hook where a book by a living person is defined on the main page in terms of a bad review, when the article clearly shows that there were good reviews as well? I'm seriously not impressed by that; I'd suggest it be pulled. Black Kite (talk) 10:05, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

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Could someone correct the dash and make it a hyphen? SHOULD BE: ... anti-Vietnam War ... IS: ... anti–Vietnam War ...

Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:45, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

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