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
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 13:31, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
... that the Crushed Rock quarry supplied material for the construction of
Abuja, the capital of Nigeria? "The area around Mpape, which means "rock" in the local Gwari language, supplied much of the stone used to transform Abuja from a small village in the 1980s into the country's capital city." from:
"Mpape Crushed Rock: Nigerians flock to new Abuja beauty spot". BBC News. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
article is new enough (barely) long enough, reasonably well written and referenced. Free from copyvio. Hooks both verified and interesting enough, I'd say. QPQ waiting.
Eddie891TalkWork 20:39, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
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
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 13:31, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
... that the Crushed Rock quarry supplied material for the construction of
Abuja, the capital of Nigeria? "The area around Mpape, which means "rock" in the local Gwari language, supplied much of the stone used to transform Abuja from a small village in the 1980s into the country's capital city." from:
"Mpape Crushed Rock: Nigerians flock to new Abuja beauty spot". BBC News. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
article is new enough (barely) long enough, reasonably well written and referenced. Free from copyvio. Hooks both verified and interesting enough, I'd say. QPQ waiting.
Eddie891TalkWork 20:39, 12 December 2020 (UTC)