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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:16, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Trithemis annulata

 * ... that climate change has enabled the violet darter to expand its range northwards in Europe?


 * Reviewed: Grete Keilson
 * Comment: I am not including an image because the best one is to appear on the mainpage as "Picture of the Day" on 25th May

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 05:49, 2 May 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svgle expansion good, expansion newness good. References check out with offline refs taken agf.  hook fact is cited, but I'm having a little trouble matching the hook to the source.-- Kev  min  § 23:44, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well the source is titled "“Fingerprints” of Climate Change: Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species ..." and the two most relevant pages are 96 and 105, with some of the intervening pages discussing how warmer temperatures may impact several different species of dragonfly. If you cannot accept the difficult to prove fact that the range expansion is due to climate change, perhaps we should have
 * ALT1 ... that the violet darter has recently expanded its range northwards in Europe? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:20, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg is better as it is supported by the reference. No policy issues identified in the article, looks good to go.-- Kev  min  § 11:35, 13 May 2015 (UTC)