Template:Did you know nominations/Six-banded armadillo


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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 22:33, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Six-banded armadillo

 * ... that the six-banded armadillo (pictured) can store fat to survive during times of food scarcity?


 * ALT1:... that the six-banded armadillo (pictured) is the third-largest armadillo?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carrozza (sandwich)

5x expanded by Sainsf (talk). Self-nominated at 11:29, 29 May 2016 (UTC).


 * On it. — Llywelyn II   14:46, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Long enough (~8.5k elig. chars.); timely 5× expansion; well-sourced; ngram supports that "six-banded armadillo" is more common than "yellow"; WP:ENGVAR issues fixed; no copyvio; QPQ done; pic works well and is issue-free; hooks are cited and terse enough but banal: every animal stores fat for times of food scarcity (that is precisely what fat is) and third-largest isn't terribly notable or interesting. Thank you so much for improving the page but can you think of anything more notable or interesting about this armadillo? — Llywelyn II   15:20, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * ALT2 ... that although the six-banded armadillo (pictured) feeds on carrion, small invertebrates and insects, a myth persists that it feeds on "rotting human corpses"?
 * ALT3 ... that the six-banded armadillo (pictured) are reportedly hunted for medicinal purposes?
 * ALT4 ... that the six-banded armadillo (pictured) populations north of the Amazon River might be declining due to human settlement and industrial expansion?
 * Some suggested alt hooks above. — Maile (talk) 00:40, 30 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review, and to for his/her kind assistance. Meanwhile I have been searching for more hooks, and came up with this one (not sure how to insert (pictured), though):  Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 01:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ALT5 ... that there are taboos associated with the consumption of six-banded armadillo meat in South America?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Date, length, hook, age, and everything else checks out for the new revisions. I would suggest either ALT2 or ALT5 as the strongest candidates. ALT4 can be said about pretty much an animal in the world and the "probably" weakens ALT3 in comparison to ALT2 and ALT5. Otherwise, it looks ready to go and much improved over the original submission. Aoba47 (talk) 22:08, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Yeah, it's good now. Let's go with ALT5. ALT2 and 3 are checked, too, but "reportedly" weakens 3 and 2 is problematic. The word "myth" is unsupported and even changing it, if they feed on carrion, in all likelihood they do feed on human corpses that are left out or in a shallow enough grave. There's nothing iffy about it and the source simply uses "belief", not any form of "mistaken belief". — Llywelyn II   04:22, 1 June 2016 (UTC)