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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:25, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Fairy gerygone

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1879 illustration of male (above) and female (below) fairy gerygone
1879 illustration of male (above) and female (below) fairy gerygone
  • ... that the fairy gerygone (pictured) nests near wasp nests, possibly to keep it safe from predators? Source: Notes on the nesting-site of Gerygone personata, Gould. [1], see pages 187 and 188)
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link], or briefly cite, the source)

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self-nominated at 02:39, 25 October 2016 (UTC).

  • start review--Kevmin § 12:50, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Article expansion new enough and long enough. Well referenced, with offline references taken AGF. Hook is cited and source confirms hook wording. No policy issues identified with article, looks good to go.--Kevmin § 13:18, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
  • The hook is ungrammatical; does the fairy gerygone protect the wasps or the nests? In either case, it should be "them", not "it". Yoninah (talk) 20:36, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Err, see below to clarfy grammar issue. Will get onto citing. citing sorted Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:20, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
  • ALT1: ... that the fairy gerygone (pictured) nests near wasp nests, possibly to keep itself safe from predators?
  • Thank you. ALT1 verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Kevmin. Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 30 October 2016 (UTC)