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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:53, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Phasmatodea

 * ... that ghost insects (sample pictured) may camouflage as leaves swaying in the breeze?


 * Reviewed: Province of Zamora
 * Comment: Halloween? (possibly more spooky without picture)

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 21:51, 22 October 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg&Px5 Great job, Oceanh and Chiswick Chap! This article is absolutely brilliant! LavaBaron (talk) 09:14, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg A check of the online sources reveals a very good job of avoiding close paraphrasing, except in this line:
 * Source: Females of Heteropteryx dilatata are the heaviest known Phasmids, possibly weighing in excess of 65 grams.
 * Article: Females of the species Heteropteryx dilatata are the heaviest known phasmids, possibly weighing in excess of 65 grams.
 * Also, the link for footnote 1 appears to have been removed from the site. Yoninah (talk) 22:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh good Lord. This is obviously a case of WP:LIMITED given the short sentences of non-substitutable, scientific words. Chiswick Chap and Cwmhiraeth; if you want to (or even think it's possible) to change this be my guest. If not, ping me and I'll push this through to the queue like a runaway freight train carrying TNT and mescaline. LavaBaron (talk) 01:49, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I have rewritten the sentence, but I would like to point out that in its original form, it predates our involvement with the article by several years. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg OK, thanks. No close paraphrasing seen, and the new URL is up and running. Restoring tick per LavaBaron's review, although the hook ref is offline, so the tick should be AGF. Yoninah (talk) 12:04, 28 October 2015 (UTC)