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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:04, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Aulacaspis yasumatsui

 * ... that "crawler" cycad scale insects sometimes get blown away by the wind, landing on nearby plants and infesting them?
 * Reviewed: Jerry London (wrestler)

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:21, 21 April 2017 (UTC).


 * Though this might be because googlebooks is being very stingy in how much of the book I'm allowed to read, I cannot see where in the source it states that the crawlers get blown by the wind? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:38, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I seem to have mixed up the sources. It's in the Bahadur source, and I have rearranged the citations accordingly. I can often persuade Google Books to supply extra pages by searching the book for appropriate words, "yasumatsui" in this example. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:47, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes that solves it. On another point, I'm wondering about the use of the word "infecting"; this seems to me to be an inappropriate verb, applicable only to non-animal pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi etc.) that get inside the plant and cause disease. "Infesting" or "starting a new infestation" seem more suitable. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 06:01, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You are probably right, and I have changed the hook and article accordingly. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:07, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 08:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Is this nomination ready for a tick? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:32, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't know - my comments weren't intended as part of a review, and I'm not fully cognizant of all the rules around promotion. (I actually thought - somewhat mistakenly - that it already had been reviewed, by an editor named "Jerry London (wrestler)", but I see now that that refers to a DYK nom that you reviewed...). PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:56, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * That's OK, your comments have been useful and someone else can review the nomination. You will not need to do a review until you have made 5 DYK nominations; you will find the instructions on how to review near the top of the nominations page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:10, 27 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Decent article, on few but good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - Thank you for the good work already done, above! - I don't think the hook is particular to these, could be said about many. Could you try something more specific. I will approve, if not. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Scale insects in general are all female and have no wings. The adults settle in one spot to suck sap and do not move. I was interested therefore to learn that the crawlers (young) could get blown away by the wind because in general, the insects must have difficulty in spreading to new plants. I have written a few articles on scale insects in the past amd have never come across mention of this before. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:54, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg thanks for explaining! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:04, 28 April 2017 (UTC)