- 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 PrimalMustelid talk 14:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
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Superphosphate
- ... that John Bennet Lawes started producing superphosphate from fossilised dinosaur dung on an industrial scale, which was the first chemical manure produced in the world? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234707/http://archive.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2014-5%20-%20The%20Origins%20and%20Development%20of%20the%20British%20.pdf
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5x expanded by Velella (talk) and Mugtheboss (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Velella Velella Talk 00:33, 29 March 2024 (UTC).
- As written, this article is both a) 491 characters off the required minimum, and b) deserving of {{pro and con list}}. Please make that section prose.--Launchballer 13:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
- Now expanded by c 1k characters and pros and cons deleted or integrated and/ or deleted. Additional refs also included. Regards Velella Velella Talk 16:19, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
- I shall review this. Storye book (talk) 07:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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Overall: 
Confirming three positive points:
- According to DYK Check, the expansion began on 28 March. That is fine.
- I have carried out a minor copyedit of the article (no content changed). This will not affect DYK.
- ALT0 source checks out in the first two pages of the pdf link, given above. The same citation is also present in the right place in the article.
Indicating three one negative points which need correcting:
In the body text, seven paragraphs have no citation at the end, including one para which has no citations at all.The article uses two different spellings of the same word: "sulphuric" (British English) and "sulfuric" (American English). Please decide which you prefer, and adjust the spelling for consistency.Re this sentence, which seems out of place in a present-tense paragraph: "The addition of phosphorus as super-phosphate enabled much greater crop yields". Does it need to be in the past tense? Is it a historical fact that no longer happens? Is it the first beginning of something that still happens? Should it be relocated to the next para? Please rewrite to clarify. The following paragraph that begins "However the key quality..." is also a confusing mix of tenses. Please adjust that para, so that it makes sense.Storye book (talk) 09:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Update: @Velella: Thank you for the improvements to the article. I have struck out the issues which no longer apply. At time of writing, there are still two issues to resolve. Storye book (talk) 11:04, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Hope to fix the remaining issues in the next 18 hours. Regards Velella Velella Talk 11:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Velella. I have struck out another issue, so there is only the matter of the citations at the ends of paragraphs, remaining. Storye book (talk) 11:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Velella for your prompt response. All is well now.
Confirming green tick. Good to go. Storye book (talk) 16:44, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, Velella. I have struck out another issue, so there is only the matter of the citations at the ends of paragraphs, remaining. Storye book (talk) 11:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Hope to fix the remaining issues in the next 18 hours. Regards Velella Velella Talk 11:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)