Talk:Sand mining

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[edit] NPOV

I came to this article expecting to read about the sand mining process (and, in particular, the sand quarry at Bawsey in Norfolk), and got a load of rant about how sand mining is destroying picturesque beaches and causing disastrous environmental consequences. Uh-huh. Kinitawowi 17:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I can see how you could come to this subject and realize it gave you a little more than what you expected, but this is an encyclopedia and not a dictionary. Sand mining is a huge problem in coastal dwelling communites as it is depleting necessary habitats AND should be included in this article. Get over it- Chris Sullivan (UCSD)

  • It didn't give me more than I expected, though. It gave me less than I expected. It gave me nothing that I expected. What it gave me was a POV-based rant that said nothing about sand mining. If I'd wanted Ecological consequences of sand mining I'd have gone there. I fully agree, a discussion of those consequences should be included in this article - having been born and raised in a coastal dwelling community I'm aware of the issues involved. I don't think that should be at the expense of an article about what sand mining actually entails. And I really don't think that telling someone to get over it is a good way to win friends and influence people. WP:NPA. Kinitawowi 20:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


I thought the same thing. Sure the negative impact of sand mining is eminently important and should be included. However an encyclopedia entry on sand mining should explain, more-or-less, the process of sand mining, shouldn't it? Chops79 (talk) 02:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Looks like the NPOV tag got taken out of this without my noticing back in October - I'm *sorely* tempted to put it back. Kinitawowi (talk) 19:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

If you think it is important, you could report the content to one of the Wikipedia notice boards and get opinions from other people. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment removed forn article.

I removed this from the article: "An interesting example to how the practise of sand mining is destroying the habitats of important wild animals is of vanishing Gharial populations from the Chambal River." -- Alan Liefting-talk- 11:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)