Template:Did you know nominations/Platypus cylindrus
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:57, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
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Platypus cylindrus[edit]
- ... that the oak pinhole borer benefitted from the Great Storm of 1987 in Britain? Source: "it was previously regarded as a rare beetle associated principally with ‘veteran’ oak trees, but took advantage of an abundance of breeding material and favourable conditions following the gales of 1987"
- ALT1 ... that the number of oak pinhole borer beetles in Britain permanently increased after the Great Storm of 1987 brought down large numbers of trees? Source: "it was previously regarded as a rare beetle associated principally with ‘veteran’ oak trees, but took advantage of an abundance of breeding material and favourable conditions following the gales of 1987"
- Reviewed: Henry Ludington
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 12:47, 24 May 2017 (UTC).
Hook is cited, long enough, and interesting (I've added a slightly more interesting altblurb). Article is long enough, new enough, cited, no signs of copyvio, and the images are correctly licensed. QPQ done. Smurrayinchester 13:17, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
@Smurrayinchester: if you want your ALT1 hook to be considered, it has to be reviewed by someone else. Meanwhile, I don't see how the article can write: "after the Great Storm of 1987, when many trees were blown down in southern England", and the ALT1 hook can assert: "after the Great Storm of 1987 brought down thousands of trees in Britain", when the source only says: "took advantage of an abundance of breeding material and favourable conditions following the gales of 1987". Yoninah (talk) 21:47, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- Perhaps understatement is a British characteristic. The source writes of the "gales of 1987" more than twenty years later, because the event was so significant in relation to the usually benign weather of Britain. It was written for a British audience, and if you look in this category, you can see it was the only "great storm" in the century. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, in context the source is clearly referring to the Great Storm, which brought down around 15 million trees and significantly changed many forests. Smurrayinchester 06:02, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- This source, also cited in the article says "following the hurricane of 1987 it quickly took advantage of an abundance of breeding material and favourable conditions in southern England", if you want a less understated citation. Smurrayinchester 06:03, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. I have added the extra reference, and we need a new reviewer for ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:08, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth and Smurrayinchester: I'd be happy to approve ALT1, if the word "permanently" is removed. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:14, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
- As far as I can tell, the storm provided such a wealth of suitable dead timber that a previously rare beetle expanded its population greatly. How do you like ALT1a? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:26, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
- ALT1a ... that the number of oak pinhole borer beetles in Britain greatly increased after the Great Storm of 1987 brought down large numbers of trees?
