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I have looked through the article and it seems to be fine in terms of grammatical errors and such. I do believe that there should be more external links to articles as well as more up to date citations throughout the whole article.Nestorfi (talk) 20:46, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Review comments (May 2021)

I am looking at this article in conjunction with eutrophication. Currently, the article is still very US-centric. The lead is more like a shopping list of brief notes not reflecting the content of the article. The illustrations are poor and captions just as poor. I think the article ought to be either completely focused on the United States (and the name changed). Or it should become streamlined with "eutrophication" - do we see it as a sub-article to "eutrophication"? Would it perhaps be better to merge them together, and to leave the US-focused part in an article called "nutrient pollution in the United States"? EMsmile (talk) 04:10, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please note the continuation of this discussion is here. EMsmile (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The topic is inherently global, as is 2/3rds of the article. The other 1/3 is in essence the government-related aspect and that portion currently just has US content. I'll leave it at that, with the main discussion being elsewhere. North8000 (talk) 13:35, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've done some work on this article today: I have moved the content that is very specific to the United States into a country examples section. I also tried to streamline the rest. But I am a bit lost what to do with the section that is currently called "Nutrients". And I still see some overlap with the article on eutrophication, e.g. in the sections on effects and an mitigation. To prevent too much duplication, I have added prominent links across to the eutrophication article. - Does anyone have ideas what new content should be added to the article that is specific to "nutrient pollution" and is not already available at "eutrophication"? EMsmile (talk) 04:26, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A continuation of this merger discussion is here. Please continue the discussion there (not here) so that we don't end up having the same discussion in two places.EMsmile (talk) 08:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Editing the lead

Dear BoldLuis Your edit of the first sentence in the lead needs modification. Since this is the sentence most people will read and it will also be excerpted on Google, it needs to be accurate. You claim that nutrient pollution is caused mainly by "THE industrial pollution and cattle raising". This is not true and the more complete explanations come later in the following sentences. When editing the lead it is important to read the lead and even the article first. With you permission I am deleting that edit. Best wishes. ASRASR (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. That far-reaching claim is dubious and unsourced as written. Also the lead is to be a summary of the body of the article and that claim is not even in the body of the article. North8000 (talk) 19:41, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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