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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 11:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

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Kabwe mine

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Replica of the Kabwe skull
Replica of the Kabwe skull

Improved to Good Article status by Larataguera (talk). Self-nominated at 20:38, 14 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kabwe mine; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Article promoted to "GA" status on 13 August so newness requirement is satisfied. Article is also more than long enough and well written and sourced. Earwig finds no issues. Hook is short enough and quite interesting. Two issues: (1) the sources refer to Kabwe 1 as a "human precursor" so it seems appropriate to use that terminology rather than to characterize it as a human skull, and (2) I am struggling to find the reference to "hundreds of thousands" of people being poisoned in the linked source. Can you provide a quote for number? Cbl62 (talk) 17:27, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
    Cbl62, thanks for the prompt review! Good catch on 'human' vs 'human precursor'. How about
    Alt1: ... that Kabwe mine produced beautiful crystals and a fossilised skull (pictured), and it has poisoned hundreds of thousands of people?
    Hopefully we get to keep the picture, and it won't matter that it doesn't say what kind of skull it was?
    As for a quote, the article states: Further, the mean BLL [blood lead level] of our estimates was considerably higher than the standard reference level of 5 μg/dL, and the proportion of those with BLLs above this level amounted to 74.9%. Based on our population estimate as of 2017, this proportion corresponds to 202,500 individuals. If we keep in mind that these 202,500 people are presently suffering from lead poisoning (in 2020), and the mine has been poisoning people for over 100 years, "hundreds of thousands" seems like the best description. Larataguera (talk) 20:01, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
    Could also do, Alt1a: ... that Kabwe mine produced beautiful crystals and a fossilised pre-human skull (pictured), and it has poisoned hundreds of thousands of people? Larataguera (talk) 20:10, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Alts 1 and 1a are good to go. I like 1a a more, but both are good. Cbl62 (talk) 20:54, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

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