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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

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Domestication of the Syrian hamster

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Created/expanded by Bluerasberry (talk). Self-nominated at 14:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC).

  • Review by SteveStrummer
Eligibility
  • New article since 15 March 2016, within 7 days of nom
  • Article is of sufficient size
  • Article is NPOV, currently stable, no edit wars, no dispute tags
Sourcing
  • Every paragraph sourced inline and online
  • No bare URLs, and no external links used as inline source
Hook
  • How about a pic? Media related to Mesocricetus auratus at Wikimedia Commons This one on the right, for example.
    A Syrian hamster
    A Syrian hamster
    --PFHLai (talk) 03:34, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
  • The two hooks, both of which are approved, seem to disagree with each other: were Syrian hamsters domesticated in or after the 1930s? Also, pictures must appear in the article to be eligible, and at the moment, the one shown here does not. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
  • Please use original hook, which is accurate. Good catch on ALT1: "after" the 1930s is not correct. As for the pic usage, how about the one I added at the top of the article? It's not as twee as the other one, but still....
    Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus
    Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus
    SteveStrummer (talk) 02:04, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
SteveStrummerBlueMoonset I changed the text to read "in the 1930s" which matches the sources. Either picture could be included in the article, if one is desired. Hamster pictures are interesting and if this is queued as the DYK that presents a picture, either of those pictures could be placed at the top of the article. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
  • The lead is full of citations that belong below, in the text. Yoninah (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
Yoninah I intentionally choose to put citations in the lead. Per WP:LEADCITE this is optional. I would discuss it as an editorial decision on the article's talk page. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:52, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
I realize it has nothing to do with the DYK nom, so I'll promote it. But it just looks odd to me. Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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