Template:Did you know nominations/Brown Thrasher

Brown Thrasher
Created/expanded by LeftAire (talk). Self nom at 06:01, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that the Brown Thrasher was originally nominated as the state bird of Georgia by schoolchildren in 1928, but wasn't offficaly adopted until 1970?


 * Symbol question.svg Interesting hook, but the article has not been expanded 5x. Alas, that earns it a "no for now." If it is further expanded, my vote would be changed to an emphatic "yes." Tthaas (talk) 12:57, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Put a notice on the editor's talk page, with symbol provided in the edit page, giving editor a chance to respond. Maile66
 * Using DYK Check, article was 2109 readable prose on May 16, 2012
 * Article was expanded by editor LeftAire on June 23, 2012 to 7902 readable prose
 * 5X expansion would be 10,510 readable prose
 * LeftAire, if you can get the expansion up to 10,510 readable prose, this can still qualify. --Maile66 (talk) 14:51, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Do I need to get this in within a certain amount of time? I might be able to start working on it on Monday, but won't say that with 100% certainty. I might need to get a hold of a few more sources. LeftAire (talk) 19:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * When the DYK Check is run, it says 10 days. You started this expansion on June 23.  Can you get it done by July 3rd? Maile66 (talk) 20:15, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, for the late response, I've been editing over the past few days. I've made edits to the page, and I think it's ready to see if it's ready for it to be renominated. But I can't check the readable prose on my computer (I originally tried when I first edited the page, and wouldn't pull it up. Should I just nominate it anyway or get someone to look at it first? LeftAire (talk) 22:08, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * DYK check says 7918 readable prose right now. It's already nominated by being on this page. We didn't withdraw the nomination. You just need to get the prose up a lot.  Figure you need an additional 2500 prose.  In practical terms, that means an increase of about another one-third of exsting text. Maile66 (talk) 22:19, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I've re-edited the page with what I've been working on over the past few days. I don't think it's quite at 10,510 yet, but it shouldn't be at 7918 anymore. I'll continue to edit as much as I can before the 3rd. LeftAire (talk) 22:38, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * BINGO! You have enough readable prose.  Let me look at the whole article now and do a review for you. Maile66 (talk) 22:42, 26 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go on this 5X expansion article. The following has been checked in this review:
 * QPQ not necessary
 * Readable prose on May 16, 2012 before expansion was 2109 readable prose
 * DYK Check now confirms 5X expansion, with 11,355 readable prose
 * Hook is short enough at 144 characters, and referenced at end of sentence
 * NPOV, detailed, well-sourced and informative article
 * Duplication Detector run, no copyvio found
 * Every paragraph sourced
 * Maile66 (talk) 23:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)