Template:Did you know nominations/Luciola cruciata


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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 10:06, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Luciola cruciata, Aquatica lateralis

 * ... that Luciola cruciata and Aquatica lateralis, two species of firefly, are known as "genji-botaru" and "heike-botaru" in Japanese? Source: "the two predominant varieties of hotaru (firefly) in Japan are known as genji-botaru and heike-botaru ... with the larger (and brighter) genji variety (Luciola cruciata) ... and the smaller heike variety (Luciola lateralis) ..." The Japan Times
 * Reviewed: Die schöne Melusine, Barnet Nover
 * Comment: Luciola cruciata was 5x expanded; Aquatica lateralis was moved to mainspace.

Created/expanded by Gulumeemee (talk). Self-nominated at 02:16, 29 December 2017 (UTC).


 * --Starting review-- Kev min  § 05:31, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Aquatica lateralis new enough and long enough, Luciola cruciata expansion new enough and large enough. Articles are fully referenced with hook cited and source confirmed.  No policy issues are seen, both are free of copyvioloations, no sourcing issues.  looks good to go.-- Kev  min  § 16:23, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I have removed this from the queue as I think the hook is uninteresting. Gatoclass (talk) 12:36, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Is this more interesting?
 * ALT1: ... that Luciola cruciata and Aquatica lateralis, two fireflies known as "genji-botaru" and "heike-botaru" in Japanese, may be named after two novels or two Japanese clans? Gulumeemee (talk) 00:03, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Much better hook, though I still think the middle phrase is superfluous, who cares what the Japanese name for them is? Everything has a different name in a different language. Gatoclass (talk) 12:48, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 * How about:
 * ALT2: ... that the Japanese names of the fireflies Luciola cruciata and Aquatica lateralis may derive from two novels or two Japanese clans? Gulumeemee (talk) 01:51, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Source: "... with the larger (and brighter) genji variety (Luciola cruciata) named after the character from the 11th-century novel 'The Tale of Genji' by Murasaki Shikibu, and the smaller heike variety (Luciola lateralis) named after the almost-as-famous 14th-century 'The Tale of Heike.' ... with the descriptor 'genji' awarded to the larger bug because it was the Genji clan who defeated the Heike clan in the 12th-century Genpei Wars." The Japan Times
 * is this hook better? Gulumeemee (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's much better. Sorry for not getting back to this sooner, I am gradually working my way through all the hooks I pulled during the 12-hour cycle as well as the other issues that arose, I will hopefully find time to re-review this over the next couple of days. Gatoclass (talk) 17:02, 8 February 2018 (UTC)