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 Allen3talk 21:37, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
... that giant mouse lemurs(pictured) were
described in both 1867 and 1868, and in both descriptions the same
species name, coquereli, was selected independently?
ALT1:... that in 1989 there were 62
endangeredgiant mouse lemurs(pictured) in a managed
captive breeding program, but despite breeding easily, there were only six left as of 2009?
Comment: I know the etymology section has more interesting material for a hook, but it was already used recently in
this successful nomination.
Created by
Maky (
talk). Self nominated at 22:13, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
Substantial article on good sources. I find the original hook too specialized, ALT2 a bit boring (just what you expect if an animal is called Giant), and ALT1 interesting but a bit too complicated. Drop the years? Try harder ;) --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 16:02, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
@
Gerda Arendt: The 2009 date is kind of important because it has changed since. At least one individual I knew of has died, but I don't have any sources for it. –
Maky«
talk » 17:32, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
I believe that the 2009 is important as related to the sources, but we don't have to say it all in the hook, we only have to raise curiosity by saying something factual. I would go for a modified ALT4,
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 Allen3talk 21:37, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
... that giant mouse lemurs(pictured) were
described in both 1867 and 1868, and in both descriptions the same
species name, coquereli, was selected independently?
ALT1:... that in 1989 there were 62
endangeredgiant mouse lemurs(pictured) in a managed
captive breeding program, but despite breeding easily, there were only six left as of 2009?
Comment: I know the etymology section has more interesting material for a hook, but it was already used recently in
this successful nomination.
Created by
Maky (
talk). Self nominated at 22:13, 8 January 2015 (UTC).
Substantial article on good sources. I find the original hook too specialized, ALT2 a bit boring (just what you expect if an animal is called Giant), and ALT1 interesting but a bit too complicated. Drop the years? Try harder ;) --
Gerda Arendt (
talk) 16:02, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
@
Gerda Arendt: The 2009 date is kind of important because it has changed since. At least one individual I knew of has died, but I don't have any sources for it. –
Maky«
talk » 17:32, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
I believe that the 2009 is important as related to the sources, but we don't have to say it all in the hook, we only have to raise curiosity by saying something factual. I would go for a modified ALT4,