- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
Zherichinius[edit]
Zherichinius horribilis worker
- ... that the extinct ant Zherichinius (pictured) has both "terrible" and "predatory" workers?
- Reviewed: Sacculina carcini
5x expanded by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 02:58, 17 January 2018 (UTC).
The hook does not state any true fact. "terrible" and "predatory" refer to translations of Latin names of two distinct species (Zherichinius horribilis and Zherichinius rapax, respectively), not to two types of workers. Ruslik_Zero 17:34, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Ruslik0: Each species was described from a single worker caste species, thus the wording of the hook.--Kevmin § 17:26, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- In the current form it is highly misleading and confusing. Please, propose another hook. Ruslik_Zero 20:35, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
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- As was said below your tag may be good for Fools day, but not for any other day. I suggest something like " ... that ants from the extinct Zherichinius (pictured) genus were found in amber from Sakhalin?" Ruslik_Zero 20:11, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry, but that alt hook is a yawn, there are countless ant species that were found in amber. I don't see anything wrong with the original hook, but Kevmin, please state whether or not you would have any objection to this nomination being held over for April Fools. Gatoclass (talk) 08:09, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
- This looks like a potential April Fools' hook to me, with a hook something like:
- (ALT1)
... that worker ants of the genus Zherichinius (pictured) were simply terrible?Gatoclass (talk) 18:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Sorry about the delay in getting back to this, I've had a few distractions lately, and also, I wasn't happy with my own proposed April Fool's alt, but I just can't seem to think of a better way to present it. So I'll just put on the record that I think the original hook is fine. If somebody else agrees, we can probably call that a consensus and go with that one, unless somebody has a better idea for a hook. Gatoclass (talk) 07:06, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
How about this for an April Fools hook:
- (ALT2) ... that some extinct ants were simply terrible? Gatoclass (talk) 23:21, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The image is appropriately licensed. I don't like ALT0 as currently worded because Zherichinius is a genus containing several species, so "the extinct ant" is misleading (it could be improved by having the word "genus" added after "ant"). Approving ALT2 for use on April Fools Day or any time. The article is neutral and free from copyright issues as far as I can see. QPQ has been done so this is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:17, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
