Template:Did you know nominations/Urodacus yaschenkoi


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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Urodacus yaschenkoi

 * ... that the inland robust scorpion (pictured) can move 200–400 times its own weight in sand when building its burrow?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries

Created by Casliber (talk). Self nominated at 14:49, 23 April 2014 (UTC).


 * I tried to copy edit this, but without access to the sources I could not do a very good job, so I will have to leave it to you to clarify. It wasn't clear to me whether the family or just the species were native to central Australia. I plumped for the species which can't be wrong but might be too restrictive. Do scorpions have arms and hands? Should this read legs and claws? Is the male's tail exceptionally long and the female's exceptionally short? Otherwise it would only be worth mentioning the exceptional example or that the male's tail is longer than the female's. You say that the depth of the burrow is related to the instar of the scorpion, but you do not tell us how. Are older scorpions deeper burrowers? "It is found...in habitat such as sand dunes". What habitats are like sand dunes? Bellemora (talk) 15:42, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok all good copyedits but I did revert a "to" to an "and" - nw NSW and sw Queensland are adjacent areas at the east of its range, which can be pictured stretching horizontally across a swathe of central Australia. It does live in other desert-like habitats that don't have sand dunes. You're right - younger ones have smaller burrows - I will fetch the reference and add added. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Also - this diagram is of a related creature but illustrates what the arms and hands are. i.e the arms are the things that go up to the claws as opposed to the eight legs. This was the terminology used in the source, but I note people use pedipalp much more widely (if google images is anything to go by, so "arm and hand" --> "pedipalp" Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:37, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * That's better. Hands and arms just sounds weird. I rephrased the range again because the mention of the town of Birdsville sounded odd among the states until you see its location straddling the border when it becomes clearer that it is a marker for the easternmost extent of the range. Bellemora (talk) 23:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * , were you gonna review this or shall I stick one of the red arrows down the bottom? Either way is ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Cas Liber. This article passes all the criteria listed (although I can't check the paper sources, I have no reason to believe it is plagiarized) except I don't know how to check QPQ. You seem to have a lot of articles go through DYK, so I'm sure you are the sort of trustworthy type that does QPQ reviewing. I'm not sure I can pass the article as ready as I have never submitted an article to DYK (or even created an article) and I can't see in the rules whether that disqualifies me. If I can, let me know and I will add the tick. Belle (talk) 12:11, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Essentially any editor can "pass" an article and give it a green or slate-coloured tick - it's just a matter of assessing the article against the criteria. My QPQ is linked above (i.e. Template:Did you know nominations/Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries, which has already been promoted and used). Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:43, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * So it is, sorry I didn't notice that. Symbol confirmed.svgatulations on the being the recipient of my first green tick. If you'd like to make a short speech I'm sure nobody will mind. Belle (talk) 12:56, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The article Urodacidae is a red link. Wonder if that was created too and became a DYK article. }I Mr* &#124; (60nna) I{ 00:46, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I need to read up on that....changes look ok. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:04, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Reviewed by Bellemora above; remarking so that tick is seen. This is also    S ven M anguard  17:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg The key hook fact is worded oddly in the article—"could be 200-400 times"—and that sentence is not sourced per DYK rules (hook facts must be sourced by the end of the sentence in which they appear). I'd like the article to be a bit more definite, use an en dash, and add an inline source citation. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:33, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
 * could --> can, endashed, cite at end of sentence. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thanks, Cas Liber. As the hook fact is sourced to an offline journal article, using the AGF tick as the other one is not appropriate. The rest of the criteria per Belle's earlier review; it is still long enough after edits and was originally nominated in time. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:28, 18 May 2014 (UTC)