Template:Did you know nominations/China (insect)


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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:30, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

China (insect)

 * ... that China is not only found in China? Source: "South China and Further India" ; "ha sido encontrada en China, Birmania y Siam" ; "Three species, China mantispoides, [...], also distribute in some southeastern Asian countries, indicating that they disperse and penetrate widely."
 * ALT1:... that China, a genus of grasshopper, is not only found in China? Source: See above.
 * ALT2:... that China can cause harm to hickory? Source: "摹蟆秦蟋又名斑腿蝗，是山核桃主要害虫之一." ; "China mantispoides (Walker) which infests Carya cathayensis Sarg [...] Adults make the most serious damage to the tree in the middle of October."
 * ALT3:... that urine can be used in the fight against China? Source: "More than 90% of adults can be attracted and killed by rice stalks saturated in the mixture of 90% trichlorfon and fresh urine."
 * ALT4:... that a mixture of urine and insecticide can be used to lure and kill the grasshopper China mantispoides? Source: ibid.
 * Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Fenty Beauty
 * Comment: Might be "quirkier" to not explicitly say what China is, but also have alts that aren't misleading

Created by Umimmak (talk). Self-nominated at 20:07, 11 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg for the original hook (although I'd suggest "...is not found only in China?" as a clearer wording) Alt 7 (without the grasshopper parenthetical). New enough (created on 11 April, and submitted to DYK the same day). Long enough (> 4700 eligible characters). Within policy (indeed, this is a well-formatted, well-researched article cited to the appropriate academic sources, and without obvious copyright issues; would that they were all this way). QPQ completed. As far as hook choice goes, several of these would be viable DYK hooks, but short, punchy hooks that invite readers to investigate further are the best DYK hooks. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review :) And, to me, your wording suggestion "is not found only in China" is ambiguous and allows for the possible reading where it seems like China is the only place where it found (i.e., it's found everywhere else). The wording "... is not only found in China" is unambiguous, which is why I wrote it as such. Would "... is not just found in China?" be any better for you? Or "can also be found outside China?" I guess would be an option as well.
 * ALT5/6:... that China(, a genus of grasshopper,) is not just found in China?
 * ALT7:... that China can also be found outside China?
 * ALT8:... that China, a genus of grasshopper, can also be found outside China?
 * Umimmak (talk) 22:55, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough! I think ditching "only" is the only reasonable decision then. I like the Alt 7 version the best (no grasshopper) and have amended my ticky mark accordingly. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 23:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! For clarity for future promoters I've separated ALT7 above so it's good to go. Umimmak (talk) 23:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)