Template:Did you know nominations/Domestication of the Syrian hamster


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Domestication of the Syrian hamster

 * ... that domestication of the Syrian hamster began in the 1930s?
 * ALT1:... Syrian hamsters were all wild until their domestication in the 1930s?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Annapurna Upanishad

Created/expanded by Bluerasberry (talk). Self-nominated at 14:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC).


 * Review by SteveStrummer
 * Eligibility
 * New article since 15 March 2016, within 7 days of nom
 * Article is of sufficient size
 * Article is NPOV, currently stable, no edit wars, no dispute tags
 * Sourcing
 * Every paragraph sourced inline and online
 * No bare URLs, and no external links used as inline source
 * Hook
 * Hook is verified.
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go, SteveStrummer (talk) 06:44, 4 April 2016 (UTC)


 * How about a pic? This one on the right, for example. Goldhamster terrarium.jpg --PFHLai (talk) 03:34, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The two hooks, both of which are approved, seem to disagree with each other: were Syrian hamsters domesticated in or after the 1930s? Also, pictures must appear in the article to be eligible, and at the moment, the one shown here does not. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Please use original hook, which is accurate. Good catch on ALT1: "after" the 1930s is not correct. As for the pic usage, how about the one I added at the top of the article? It's not as twee as the other one, but still.... Golden hamster side 1.jpgStrummer (talk) 02:04, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I changed the text to read "in the 1930s" which matches the sources. Either picture could be included in the article, if one is desired. Hamster pictures are interesting and if this is queued as the DYK that presents a picture, either of those pictures could be placed at the top of the article.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  16:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The lead is full of citations that belong below, in the text. Yoninah (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I intentionally choose to put citations in the lead. Per WP:LEADCITE this is optional. I would discuss it as an editorial decision on the article's talk page.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  21:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I realize it has nothing to do with the DYK nom, so I'll promote it. But it just looks odd to me. Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)