Template:Did you know nominations/Prostitution among animals

Prostitution among animals
Created/expanded by SupernovaExplosion (talk). Self nom at 13:03, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that various studies show prostitution exists among animals such as Adélie Penguins (pictured), chimpanzees, and crab-eating macaques?


 * I reviewed Bruno Braquehais, Acacia reficiens, Volunia and Greta Schiller  Supernova Explosion   Talk  13:12, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I reviewed Genisys Credit Union, Vicky Donor. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  10:07, 19 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Interesting topic. I remember hearing about a study that taught monkeys to use food items as money.  What the researchers were surprised to observe is that some of the monkeys who learned the monetary value of the items were seen trading them for sexual favors.  I found an NYT article] about it for you, which I would encourage you to add to the article.  Otherwise, length, newness, etc comply with policies. Hook has been verified by provided inline citations: Symbol confirmed.svg.  Picture is compliant with policy and looks fine at small size. --ThaddeusB (talk) 18:00, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Added. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  02:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * You would increase your readership by saving this for April Fool's Day (1 April). Kiefer .Wolfowitz 20:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * But the hook is not joke. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  00:57, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * To clarify, Wikipedia has a tradition of saving things that sounds high improbable, but are in fact completely true, for April Fools' Day. I can not imagine every promoting actually untrue items. --ThaddeusB (talk) 01:03, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I must thank Kiefer.Wolfowitz for the suggestion. But what is the procedure to nominate this for April Fool's Day? Should I simply add it to April_Fool's_Main_Page/Did_You_Know and remove it from Template talk:Did you know -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  01:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Added to April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. Should I remove it from Template:Did_you_know_nominations? -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  02:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Now that this is in the Fool's Day queue, perhaps a funnier hook is in order. I suggest:
 * ALT1 ... that Adélie prostitutes roam Antarctica in search of stones for sex?
 * --ThaddeusB (talk) 02:39, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah looks cool. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  02:44, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that Adélie prostitutes roam Antarctica in search of stones for sex with penguins (pictured)? -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  04:44, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3 ... that Adélie prostitutes roam Antarctica trading stones for sex with penguins (pictured)?  Wifione  Message 04:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3 is the best. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  04:46, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

everything checks out, date, length, and facts for ALT3. I might suggest a little bit of a syntax fix with "... that Adélie prostitutes roam Antarctica trading sex with penguins (pictured) for stones?" but i understand that it does make the hook marginally less funny.--Found5dollar (talk) 17:35, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Whatever you do, there should be a comma after "Antartica". Liv it ⇑ Eh?/What? 20:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Trading sex with stones" would mean you're offering sex and receiving stones. "Trading stones with sex" would mean you're giving stones in return for sex. Use whichever portrays the article content correctly. And yeah, the comma. Wifione  Message 11:07, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

... that Adélie prostitutes roam Antarctica, trading sex with penguins (pictured) for stones? -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  05:14, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT 5 (per Found5dollar's suggestion, and Livitup and Wifione's comments)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg I'm concerned that some of this article's phrasing may be too close to that of its sources. For example, compare "It was also possible that the females were testing potential future mates in case their existing mates died before the next mating session" in the article with "the female penguins could also be testing potential future mates in case their existing partner died before the next mating period" in the source. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:48, 31 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Fixed. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  00:17, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Even if fixed, it needs to be checked by an impartial reviewer; the tick here means that the article is formally approved. Have asked Nikkimaria to sign off. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg It could still be improved, but it's probably good enough now. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:02, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Since it is a regular DYK now, the original hook should go. -- Supernova Explosion   Talk  05:04, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg original hook was approved months ago by ThaddeusB. No reason for that approval to be questioned. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)