Template:Did you know nominations/Bowfin

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 00:56, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Bowfin

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... that bowfins (pictured) can survive three to five days of prolonged periods of exposure to air because they can breathe both air and water?

Reviewed: Betty May

Improved to Good Article status by Atsme (talk). Self nominated at 22:19, 29 September 2014 (UTC).

Began review. AshLin (talk) 17:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
New enough. Approved as GA on 30 September 2014.
Long enough.
Hook, less than 200 chars, properly formatted, interesting fact, good pic.
Well cited.
@Atsme: Main hook citation (ref 23) is a dead link. I get the message "Not Found. The requested resource does not exist on this server." Please replace this with a more reliable, preferably verifiable reference, such as a published peer-reviewed paper or scientific book. AshLin (talk) 17:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
~~[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]]~~ AshLin (talk) 17:20, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Good catch, User:AshLin - fixed now. Atsme☯^Consult 18:45, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
Good to go from my side. . @Gaff:, do you concur? AshLin (talk) 10:00, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Comment: Article reads: "While aestivation is anecdotally documented by multiple researchers, laboratory experiments have suggested instead that bowfin are physiologically incapable of surviving more than three to five days of air exposure. However, no field manipulation has been performed." Can you help me understand how this relates to the tag? —Gaff ^ταλκ 02:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

The hook states bowfins can survive three to five days of prolonged exposure to air, and the article states not longer than three to five days of air exposure. Same thing just stated differently. The hook should include a definite fact that is mentioned in the article and interesting to a broad audience. The definite fact from the article doesn't have to be repeated verbatim in the hook. Hope that answers your question. Atsme☯^Consult 05:04, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Is the book chapter reference used as reference to the anecdotes of aestivation? I don't have access to review. Out of curiosity, do you know if there are any other references since the 1990 study, perhaps on some field studies? —Gaff ^ταλκ 14:39, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
Either way, looks good to me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaff (talk • contribs) 14:47, 2 October 2014‎ (UTC)

@AshLin: and @Gaff: - just wanted to say Thank You for contributing your time to review this article, and for drawing my attention to the link issue, and potential need for an updated source. Your efforts are much appreciated. Gaff, I just polished syntax in the paragraph you mentioned, and provided an updated citation to a book published in July 2014. However, the information still relies on older research. There are quite a few original research papers on the subject, but the ones I've read are still inconclusive regarding the bowfin's ability to aestivate, therefore the 3 to 5 day period still holds true. Atsme☯^Consult 18:31, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

How does this article get moved to the que? Is it BOT controlled, or does a reviewer move it? Atsme☯^Consult 12:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Hold tight. A prep builder will move it to one of the prep sets. Yoninah (talk) 22:54, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

This has been reviewed and ready to go for 11 days. Is there something missing? —Gaff ^ταλκ 02:28, 16 October 2014 (UTC)