Template:Did you know nominations/Kerr-Addison Mine

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:20, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

• ALT0:... that the Kerr-Addison Mine was the largest producer of gold in North America in 1960? Source: Brown, L. Carson (July 1969). Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone (ed.). "Kirkland Lake: 50 Golden Years". Canadian Geographical Journal. Royal Canadian Geographical Society. 79 (1): 14. Retrieved 2023-06-05. "Kerr - Addison Gold Mines, at Virginiatown, is the biggest gold producer in Canada , and in North America exceeded only by the Homestake Mine."
  • ALT1: ... that the Kerr-Addison Mine produced the second most gold overall in North America? Source: Same as above
    • It would be more precise to state "... that in 1969 it was written that the Kerr-Addison Mine produced the second most gold overall in North America?"(ALT2) My guess is that other mines in North America have exceeded the production of this mine. For example, look at the graph in the Peak Gold. A lot more gold was mined in the US in the late 90s than in the late 60s. It could be that today the list of overall gold producers is different than it was in 1969. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cxbrx (talk • contribs) 05:35, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Soekiman Wirjosandjojo

Improved to Good Article status by CT55555 (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 03:13, 11 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Kerr-Addison Mine; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Overall: As Cxbrx has pointed out, the source given here does not fully support ALT0 since it does not specify a year. However, the source cited in the article itself is [1] and supports this claim (The best single year for Kerr Addison was in 1960, with production of 18,400 kg Au (see Figure 2) from 1,512,860 tonnes of ore milled, making it the top Au mine in North America for that year.).

ALT1 is problematic since it does not mention any year. So the general claim that "Kerr-Addison Mine produced the second most gold overall in North America" is not supported.

The sentence in our article about the gold production in 1960 sounds like a WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. To be on the safe side, it may be better to reformulate it some more. Phlsph7 (talk) 11:51, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Phlsph7 it seems like the (unlabelled, but that I'm calling) ALT2 above by Cxbrx address the issue. Do you agree? CT55555(talk) 15:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

ALT2 would work as well. Personally, I find ALT0 better since it is more informative: it is about the mine and not about what someone wrote about the mine. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:04, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

A very good point. I agree. And we see a better source above. So do we have consensus to go with ALT0 and use the source from the article? CT55555(talk) 17:46, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good. The last point would be to reformulate the sentence "The most successful year was 1960 in which 18,400 kilograms of gold were produced from 1,512,860 tons of ore, making the mine the top producer in North America." in our article to avoid WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. Otherwise, I think it's a go. Phlsph7 (talk) 18:01, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I've addressed that now. CT55555(talk) 19:38, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. ALT0 approved. Phlsph7 (talk) 20:06, 20 June 2023 (UTC)