Talk:Potato production in Nigeria

A fact from Potato production in Nigeria appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that most potato farmers in Nigeria rely on hoes rather than tractors?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 18:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Nigerian authorities brought in the cardinal to help with their potato production?~~
- ALT1:~~... that Nigeria is one of the largest producers of potatoes in Africa?~~

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ole Børud discography

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 15:10, 20 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Kingoflettuce, review follows: article created 20 April; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I couldn't verify ALT0 as the article doesn't mention that the new varieties were brought in to improve production, if this is added to the article I am happy to approve that one; ALT1 is fine, I couldn't access the actual source used in the article (that it is seventh ranked in production in Africa) but I see that data from the FAO for 2018 places it sixth on the continent; no overly close paraphrasing noticed, though the "2008 – The International Year of the Potato" source comes back with a 404 error for me, can you check that is the right link? A QPQ has been carried out. No issues here, if you amend the article for ALT0 and ping me I'll look back in to approve it. Thanks for creating this article, I enjoyed reading it and have since been reading others in the series (though it looks like there's a gap in our coverage here for the many other countries that produce potatoes) - Dumelow (talk) 07:23, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks so much for the review. The bit on varieties is already a mouthful as it is, so I'm fine with sticking to ALT1 which is more sensible in any case--just my odd humour showing in ALT0. Anyway it states in Ugonna et al that Nigeria "is the seventh biggest producer of potato in Africa" -- PDF is downloadable, just Google the paper. As for the International Year of the Potato one, I admit I just lifted that bit from one of the previous potato production articles as it's very generic--it was defo live back then, something probably fell apart along the way. I'll get that fixed. Yeah and also took a bit of a hiatus, you are more than welcome to help chip in for whichever potato production in x articles you like! :-) Kingoflettuce (talk) 11:16, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this. If you tell me that a country is one of the largest producers, then I would think it's in the top 3, maybe 5. Having six countries before it doesn't seem so "largest". Would you like to suggest a different hook? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 17:26, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Yoninah, I see your point. Was admittrdly tryung yk stretch it lil :P How about... ALT2: ~~... that Nigeria is one of the largest producers of potatoes in Sub-Saharan Africa?~~ Kingoflettuce (talk) 17:36, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kingoflettuce: how about a different angle? Specifics are always more interesting than superlatives. Yoninah (talk) 17:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

hmmmmm well let me offer ALT3: ... that most potato farmers in Nigeria prefer hoes? Kingoflettuce (talk) 17:48, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Or ALT4: ... that potatoes were introduced to Nigeria in the 19th century by Christian missionaries? Kingoflettuce (talk) 17:48, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT5... that The Kings in Nigeria are made of potato? Kingoflettuce (talk) 17:51, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the alts. Dumelow, would you be able to take a look at them? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 17:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All are sourced offline, so AGF on sourcing. All are mentioned in the article. I think ALT5 is stretching it a bit far, if the article was on the crisps then linking "The Kings" might be OK - Dumelow (talk) 18:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Dumelow. ALT3 is a nice little hook compared to all the war hooks we've been seeing. Yoninah (talk) 18:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]