Talk:Water-related industry in Africa

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Water-related industry in Africa was nominated as a Natural sciences good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 16, 2017). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

First sentence[edit]

"Africa has about 9% of the world’s fresh water resources and 11% of the world’s population." I realize that it would be fitting to start with saying how much of the world's fresh water there is in Africa, but combined with the "11% of the world's population" this seems to draw on the issue of water shortage. Problem is, 9% to 11% doesn't sound very problematic. If we want to start by addressing the continent's water shortages I feel like it could be worded more appropriately. Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 15:14, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I've lightly rearranged the first paragraph to draw out the main point, which is that overall there ain't much of a shortage, but that conceals wide regional differences... Hope it works for you now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:33, 11 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Hi User:John Cummings and User:Chiswick Chap, I wonder how you feel about this article six years later. I came here while doing work on Climate change in Africa, thinking about water-related content, and what should go there and here. However, as noted above, the article's title and scope is very unclear. That UNESCO publication that was cited so many times was more focus on jobs. I really don't know what to make of this article but one solution could be to change its title. A suggestion above, a possible new title could be Water-related industry in Africa. - Note we also have Water issues in developing countries which would overlap a lot with an article that was truly about "water in Africa"... EMsmile (talk) 11:00, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seems a sensible change, just do it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:06, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK cool. I'll just wait another day or two, to give John Cummings time to react. If no objection from him then I'll do it. Thanks. EMsmile (talk) 11:29, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EMsmile is there another obvious place the non job related information can be copied to? I feel like this is important and should be in several places really. John Cummings (talk) 13:04, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That kind of content could be moved to either water supply and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa or Water issues in developing countries. Then the remaining content could remain here under the new article heading of Water-related industry in Africa. The existing title "water in Africa" is far too vague to be meaningful. EMsmile (talk) 14:21, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved that content now and have requested a name change for the article with Twinkle. Copying below a comment from the GA review in 2017: "The article is titled "Water in Africa," but only addresses water as it relates to industry in Africa. There is no discussion of water bodies in Africa, water consumption, sources of water, seasonal variation, etc. The article devotes extensive explanation to tangentially-related topics, such as job creation, and population growth. The list of fisheries also includes marine fishing statistics, which are irrelevant to an article about water in the continent of Africa." EMsmile (talk) 07:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The title has been changed now, good. I think the old "Water in Africa" page should be deleted, rather than redirect to Water-related industry in Africa. I noticed that we have e.g. Water in New Zealand and that's mostly about water supply. Therefore, I think we could sensibly redirect "Water in Africa" to water supply and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa (even though North Africa is then not part of it). EMsmile (talk) 20:59, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've now redirected it to water supply and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa. EMsmile (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]