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Consistency

We have three articles about disasters in recent years, close to each other, each of which was caused by a landslide at/near a jade mine:

The format for each is different & the first one doesn't distinguish itself from the others. In addition, the title of the place is at Phakant. The article titles should match; which would be best? Jim Michael (talk) 10:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The 2019 accident is different in details and mechanics. The 2015 one and the 2020 one are similar. I am not sure we have Phakant in the right place, as every single media item I've seen is referring to it as Hpakant in terms of the current disaster. I suspect (based on reporting) that the 2020 disaster is larger than 2015, and they are certainly at parity (at the moment, the confirmed death toll for 2020 slightly exceeds 2015). I do think they both should have a normalized name, probably beginning with year.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 11:16, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The first one has had 2015 added to the beginning of its title.

Is there a reason for the 2019 one having collapse in its title rather than disaster? Did the other 2 not each involve a major collapse?

Is the settlement usually referred to as Hpakant? How about Phakant Township?

On Phakant, it says that there was a much more deadly disaster there in 2000. Jim Michael (talk) 11:35, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The alleged 2000 event needs much better sourcing, it is sourced to kachinnews.com (and the page doesn't exist anymore) and our own article says it was hushed up. The 2019 event was notable because so many people were buried alive (asleep in their quarters), but most of those buried survived, so it was a collapse but not a disaster (with 6 fatalities). As for Phakant/Hpakant it seems to be the same place but different spelling. I am unable to find a single media source referring to it as Phakant, everyone is using Hpakant, which suggests that the town page should be moved unless there is some Myanmar project specific thing going on here.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 11:51, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding 2000, CBS says the 2015 accident is regarded as the worst, so we possibly should remove that from Phakant.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 11:55, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deutsche Welle now says the 2020 event is the deadliest.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 13:38, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Eostrix: This might be interesting. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 16:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a discrepancy, or perhaps I've misunderstood something: "Myanmar's jade industry, worth US$30 billion per year....Myanmar is the largest supplier of jade in a trade worth of nearly US$790 million per year" Backep1 (talk) 17:20, 5 July 2020 (UTC)backep1[reply]

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 ::: [https://www.dw.com/en/myanmar-over-100-dead-in-jade-mine-landslide-disaster/a-54022612 Deutsche Welle now says] the 2020 event is the deadliest.--'''[[User:Eostrix |<span style="background-color: black; color: yellow">Eostrix </span>]]'''<span style="background-color: yellow; color: black">&nbsp;([[User talk:Eostrix|<sup>&#x1F989; hoot</sup> <sub>hoot&#x1F989;</sub>]])</span> 13:38, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 :::* {{ping|Eostrix}} This might be [http://web.archive.org/web/20171221123513/http://www.kachinnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=691:two-miners-killed-seven-injured-on-new-year-eve-explosion-in-hpakant-mine&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 interesting]. Cheers. [[User:CPA-5|CPA-5]] ([[User talk:CPA-5|talk]]) 16:04, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
+This looks like a discrepancy, or perhaps I've misunderstood something:
+"Myanmar's jade industry, worth US$30 billion per year....Myanmar is the largest supplier of jade in a trade worth of nearly US$790 million per year"
+[[User:Backep1|Backep1]] ([[User talk:Backep1|talk]]) 17:20, 5 July 2020 (UTC)backep1