Template:Did you know nominations/Sea anemone


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Sea anemone

 * ... that although most sea anemones are harmless to humans, a few are venomous and some can be lethal? Source: "most sea anemones are harmless to man. However, a few species are highly toxic .... Phyllodiscus semoni is a highly toxic sea anemone; the venom has multiple effects, including lethality."
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Improved to Good Article status by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 08:52, 24 September 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg GA, reads well, hook checks to quote supplied. Is there a better pic perhaps? Earwig threw up: "Most sea anemones attach temporarily to submerged objects; a few thrust themselves into the sand or live in furrows; a few are parasitic on other marine organisms. Some anemones feed on small particles, which are caught with the aid of a mucus secretion and moving currents that are set up by the tentacles." from the iffy www.encyclopedia.com/, supposedly drawing from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. This is too close to:

"Although most sea anemones attach temporarily to submerged objects, a few thrust themselves into the sand or live in burrows" and later "Some anemones feed on small particles, which are caught with the aid of a mucus secretion and moving currents that are set up by the tentacles" in the article. Hmm. Both parts go back to at least May 2012 and were indeed referenced to the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed, with a link to the www.encyclopedia.com, but now they aren't - the next refs are to different texts. But they are both effectively quotes. Johnbod (talk) 16:59, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I used that particular image because it was one of the venomous species mentioned in the article and I have added to its caption. With regard to the copyvios, they date back to 13 December 2010 when they were added in this edit by User:Buralllill who has not edited since. They are copy pasted from the Columbia Encyclopedia because, like it, they have the typo "furrows" instead of "burrows". I have removed the information as being superfluous. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:39, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok; it seems fairly basic info that should be in somehow. I'll have to do further copyvio checks. Johnbod (talk) 01:32, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It is fairly basic information and is covered elsewhere. When one writes an article from scratch one can be sure about copyright issues, but when one tries to respect the contributions of previous editors by leaving them intact, there can be problems. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Well Earwig picked it up quickly enough. Under those circs, an Earwig run before GA or during the GA review should be done. I can't see that the feeding point is in fact covered anywhere, but i suppose that is not a DYK point. Johnbod (talk) 02:09, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg See above- AGF on source. Pic ok to use, on OTRS ticket. GTG. Johnbod (talk) 04:36, 27 September 2017 (UTC)