Template:Did you know nominations/Apterostigma eowilsoni


 * 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 Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:21, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Apterostigma eowilsoni

 * ... that the fossil ant Apterostigma eowilsoni is possibly related to the living A. auriculatum (pictured)?
 * ALT1:... that the fossil ant Apterostigma eowilsoni had good stereoscopic vision but poor side vision?
 * Reviewed: Natural Trap Cave

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self nominated at 03:05, 17 August 2014 (UTC).


 * I don't want this to come out wrong, but is there some way we can spread out the fossil ant DYKs a little? I love ants as much as the next guy, but I think there's only so much antiness the main page can stand in any one month. EEng (talk) 03:21, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Really?, Seriously?  No one is forcing the noms to be posted back to back on the main page, and i have never had a problem with the fossil articles before...... :-/ -- Kev  min  § 16:20, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm simply suggesting that we might do something to have e.g. one per week -- sprinkle them though the "special date hold area" or something. There are many people building preps and no one's necessarily going to notice that we've don't three ants in a row or anything. EEng (talk) 19:26, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The only time that something like that has happened for a specific subject is for the hysteria surrounding Gibraltar. There is never a problem when strings of plant/cantata/football/fungi articles are nominated within short timeframes. And i will point out that Im currently writing only about 1-2 articles a week, so its not a flood. :-( -- Kev  min  § 20:01, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Look, I'm just saying reader interest might be better sustained by stringing out DYKs on the same or similar topic. It's up to you. (I'm not saying you need to slow down article creation if you're on a roll, just maybe suggest at TDYK if you could part approved noms somewhere to be metered out at a regular rate.) EEng (talk) 22:19, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Take this to the discussion page I think. -- Kev min  § 23:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Article created by Kevmin on August 17 as stated. Referenced from reliable sources and conforms to guidelines. Prose size 3487 characters. Most references are offline so will AGF with regards to accuracy and copyvio. I much prefer Alt 1 which in my humble opinion is more interesting and clearly referenced in the article. I don't like the "possibly related to" when the article only talks about similarities. If you want your initial suggestion the hook or article will need a bit of re-wording. Alt 1 is fine though.--Ykraps (talk) 18:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Alt 1 is totally fine, and why I suggested it :-) -- Kev min  § 12:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg All good to go now.--Ykraps (talk) 15:04, 21 August 2014 (UTC)