Template:Did you know nominations/Asexual reproduction in starfish

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Asexual reproduction in starfish

 * ... that a "comet" can develop into a star?
 * Reviewed: MVA-B
 * Comment: ALT1: ... that the arms of certain starfish can break off and develop into new individuals?

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 05:50, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that a comet can develop into an asteroid?
 * hmm...is "asteroid" more accurate than just "star"?  Rcej (Robert) –  talk  06:50, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I see where this is coming from (asteroidae), but it is not in the article text proper. The star thing, although already a little "cute", is at least undeniable. I'd prefer putting comet in quotation marks though. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I have added quotation marks to the original hook as per your suggestion. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:27, 6 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg of ALT1. I believe the other two detract from the hook of the article. I would be more inclined to click on ALT1 than the others. Article is new, good length, adequately cited, and I did not find any evidence of plagiarism. Great article as well! --Odie5533 (talk) 02:51, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Much of this article appears to consist of content from pre-existing articles, including two (Linckia multifora and Coscinasterias tenuispina) that were recently featured in DYK, plus Linckia guildingi. I haven't measured the degree of duplication, but I estimate that the article does not meet the "newness" standard of WP:Did you know, which states "For DYK purposes, a "new" article is no more than five days old, and may not consist of text spun off from a pre-existing article." --Orlady (talk) 19:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I wrote this article and the other 3 articles mentioned by Orlady. Two of these were nominated for DYK but not by me. It was because I thought that it was such an interesting subject that was not currently covered in Wikipedia that I wrote this article. It uses the species mentioned above as examples but is not copied from the pre-existing articles which in any event were my own work. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I think I still say the DYK passes. I had originally searched Google for phrases from the article and it did not show anything. The article is rewritten, and while it does paraphrase the other articles, I think the time invested in creating the article would be equal to that of writing 1500 original characters. --Odie5533 (talk) 10:22, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Still consists mainly of information copied and pasted from other articles after 2 weeks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)