Template:Did you know nominations/Halichoeres maculipinna

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 06:28, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Halichoeres maculipinna

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~~... that Halichoeres maculipinna can be seen in the midst of the seas that border Belize?~~

Created by Spirit of Eagle (talk). Self nominated at 04:41, 18 July 2014 (UTC).

Reviewed:Operation Goodwood (naval)

The hook makes it sound like a mythical creature in a fairytale. QPQ needs finishing (or I will hit you with a stick). Belle (talk) 12:12, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Whoops, my bad. My review is at Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Goodwood (naval). I seemed to have forgotten to include this when I was creating the hook, but I did in fact review another hook before writing mine. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 13:52, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

While I like the mythical-creature angle, are you sure you don't want to go with the time-honored "Dr. Phil" approach? "The fish is a hermaphrodite and can change its sex. It mates through Lek mating." I mean, who could resist stuff like that? EEng (talk) 14:34, 18 July 2014 (UTC) BTW, the lek mating article's pretty racey too -- it has great-tailed grackles, a "manipulative experiment using the little bustard", and tells us that "peacocks recognize and will lek with their brothers, even if they have never met before".
That article pretty much describes my mating behaviour. Belle (talk) 14:54, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Long enough; new enough; no copyvio, plagiarism or close-paraphrasing; neutral; QPQ done; citations OK. I can't pass it with that hook though ("Fish lives in sea" is pretty much going to be "Yes, I Did Know" for everybody) and I can't come up with anything else. Maybe EEng can do something with his Lek mating (I don't mean start vocalising or displaying your tail feathers, EEng, just come up with a hook). Belle (talk) 14:54, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

What, now I'm the designated hook whore? I think this is pretty much a no-brainer.

ALT1 ... that Halichoeres maculipinna can change its sex, and engages in lek mating? EEng (talk) 15:35, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Go for ALT1. Belle (talk) 15:44, 18 July 2014 (UTC)