Template:Did you know nominations/Isopoda


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:29, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

The people who say that there are lousy articles on DYK will be right for a change

Isopoda

 * ... that more than 10,000 species of isopod (sample pictured) have been described worldwide?
 * Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by Cwmhiraeth (talk), Esoxid (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 20:01, 13 July 2014 (UTC).


 * Isn't it isopods, plural? EEng (talk) 02:30, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * As used in the proposed hook, it should be singular, as in "kinds of dog". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 04:52, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I ... guess ... um ... I keep going back and forth. Three breeds of dog? Three breeds of dogs? It's late. My mind is clouded. Whatever you think is best. zzzzzzzz EEng (talk) 05:31, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Singular, definitely. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 19:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I wonder if you might seduce a few more readers to click through and learn something by saying that some of them use "semiflubbing locomotion" or some other thing from the article, rather than just a raw number -- one thing I think interests people (not sure if it's in the article) is the fact that new species are always being identified -- "10,000 species, over 200 in the last year alone" or whatever. I kind of liked the fact that "marine and freshwater isopods are entirely benthic" since I never heard that word and it sounds vaguely naughty. EEng (talk) 20:52, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * How about:


 * ALT1 ... that isopods (woodlouse pictured) brood their eggs in a brood chamber which is filled with water, even in land-living species? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that even land-living species of isopod (woodlouse pictured) brood their eggs in a brood chamber filled with water? EEng (talk) 10:46, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT2 is much better expressed than ALT1 and I have struck the original hook and ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:53, 15 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ALT2A ... that even land-living species of isopod (woodlouse pictured) deposit their eggs in a brood chamber filled with water? EEng (talk) 11:00, 15 July 2014 (UTC) (sorry)
 * I prefer ALT2, or what about:

Yes, 2B is best of all. EEng (talk) 12:31, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ALT2B ... that even land-living species of isopod (woodlouse pictured) incubate their eggs in a brood chamber filled with water? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:18, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Wait. Now I'm not sure which is best. Is it 2B, or not 2B? That is the question., ? EEng (talk) 18:31, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * "If I were a woodlouse, I would stick to wood, And I would only go, where I know a woodlouse should!" Martinevans123 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If I were to be a woodlouse, I'd like 2B. Belle (talk) 19:02, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * “The woodlouse ne'er shunn'd the cat as they did budge, From rascals worse than they." (?) - Titus Isopodicus. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:11, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Now that you two are here can one of you review? EEng (talk) 19:18, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * OMG! It's a trap! Martinevans123 (talk) 19:38, 30 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Full nomination review needed now that hook discussion is over. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg A newly promoted GA, long enough and nominated within the correct time frame. The hook facts for ALT2B are cited and easily found, the image is appropriately licensed. No policy issues detected, a fine article QPQ not required. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:42, 30 July 2014 (UTC)