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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) 21:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

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Colorado potato beetle[edit]

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  • ... that the Colorado potato beetle (pictured) has developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide? Source: "Although additional insecticides were developed and deployed over the past thirty years, the insect has with increasing rapiodity become resistant to all of them."

Improved to Good Article status by Zakhx150 (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 08:21, 14 October 2017 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: No - n Each paragraph should have at least one citation at the end
  • Neutral: Yes
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: No - n " Known mechanisms of Colorado potato beetle" - the whole sentence is a direct quote. Please reword. In Taxonomy, "The Colorado potato beetle..." is also almost a direct quote from this site. "There is also some evidence of behavioral resistance" is also a direct quote from the cited article.
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The page itself clarifies that not every population of the beetle is resistant to every chemical. I believe that "Colorado potato beetle" includes all those populations, and that the hook is fine. I thought that the way the beetle laid unviable eggs in response to a predator was also really interesting, and also that flamethrowers are used in insect control. I spot-checked sources. Thanks for the interesting read! Just those citation problems. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:30, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU): I have rewritten the offending sentences so I hope it is OK now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:17, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I have also added a reference to the Taxonomy section, but not at the end. It's not my article and I don't know my way round its taxonomy. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth: I added some references too. I wasn't sure what to do with the checklist template, since this is my first time using it, so I left it how it was initially. I think it's good to go now. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
  • There is still close paraphrasing from the source:
  • Source: Officials launched a region-wide campaign to wipe out the beetle, villainizing them in propaganda posters and pulling schoolchildren from class to gather the bugs and drown them in buckets of benzene or spirit.
  • Article: Officials launched a Warsaw Pact-wide campaign to wipe out the beetle, villainizing them in propaganda posters and pulling schoolchildren from class to gather the bugs and drown them in buckets of benzene or spirit.
  • Yoninah (talk) 20:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Thank you. Restoring tick per Rachel Helps (BYU)'s review. Yoninah (talk) 13:01, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Sorry about that, looks like I need to be more vigilant about close paraphrasing. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:39, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
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