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
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 18:58, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
... that despite their names, the greater Egyptian gerbil and the lesser Egyptian gerbil are found across the whole much of North Africa? Source: "This species is found in the Nile valley and oases of Egypt and northern Sudan. From Sudan, it ranges westwards through Chad and Niger to Mali, and Mauritania." and "Range: Algeria; Chad; Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Sudan; Tunisia; Western Sahara"
Overall: Greater gerbil done, moving on to lesservalereee (
talk) 14:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Starting review --
valereee (
talk) 14:52, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Update; both articles now reviewed, only question is minor tweak to hook. --
valereee (
talk) 15:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Cwmhiraeth, is the tweak to the hook okay? Sorry for the ping, I'm headed out of town tomorrow and will likely be without internet for the next week, trying to get my ducks in a row! --
valereee (
talk) 12:17, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Valereee I don't see a tweak to the hook, but if you are referring to the tweaks you made to the articles, well then, yes they are OK.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 12:46, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Cwmhiraeth, I meant changing the hook to "much of" North Africa instead of "the whole of" --
valereee (
talk) 12:54, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Valereee I'm with you now, and have made the suggested tweak.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 13:09, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
good to go! --
valereee (
talk) 13:13, 1 August 2019 (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
Yoninah (
talk) 18:58, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
... that despite their names, the greater Egyptian gerbil and the lesser Egyptian gerbil are found across the whole much of North Africa? Source: "This species is found in the Nile valley and oases of Egypt and northern Sudan. From Sudan, it ranges westwards through Chad and Niger to Mali, and Mauritania." and "Range: Algeria; Chad; Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Sudan; Tunisia; Western Sahara"
Overall: Greater gerbil done, moving on to lesservalereee (
talk) 14:50, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Starting review --
valereee (
talk) 14:52, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Update; both articles now reviewed, only question is minor tweak to hook. --
valereee (
talk) 15:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Cwmhiraeth, is the tweak to the hook okay? Sorry for the ping, I'm headed out of town tomorrow and will likely be without internet for the next week, trying to get my ducks in a row! --
valereee (
talk) 12:17, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Valereee I don't see a tweak to the hook, but if you are referring to the tweaks you made to the articles, well then, yes they are OK.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 12:46, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Cwmhiraeth, I meant changing the hook to "much of" North Africa instead of "the whole of" --
valereee (
talk) 12:54, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Valereee I'm with you now, and have made the suggested tweak.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 13:09, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
good to go! --
valereee (
talk) 13:13, 1 August 2019 (UTC)