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The following discussion 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 Allen3 talk 17:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Obelia longissima

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Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 20:37, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

  • Date and length are ok; hook is supported. However I am worried that this borders on close paraphrasing of the sources, mainly [1],[2]. There are not long chunks with obvious origins, but many short bits are obviously derived from these sources. Additionally, hydroid is a life-cycle phase, and the hook should probably be rephrased to reflect this. Hydroid should probably be piped to point directly at the article. Espresso Addict (talk) 17:51, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Thank you for reviewing the article. Since I refute the suggestion that I have close paraphrased these sources perhaps you could give specific examples of what you mean. Setting duplicate detector at 5 words and 20 characters I get nothing from the main MARlin source. Setting it at 4 words and 20 characters produces "form of asexual reproduction", "the availability of food", "in response to stress" and "released into the sea". The other source I hardly used at all. I look forward to your response. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
  • As I wrote, there are not long chunks taken from the sources. However many small bits of phraseology throughout the article struck me as similarly phrased and organised when I read it. I particularly reviewed the first three non-lead sections. Others might feel the degree of similarity falls within that allowable; they are welcome to promote this if they so choose. Espresso Addict (talk) 18:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Not seeing a good claim of close paraphrasing here: certainly there are occasional similarities, but the structure and overall phrasing is quite different. Would suggest making the Wiktionary link an inline interwiki rather than a ref, though. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:29, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Thank you Nikkimaria. I don't know how to make the Wiktionary link into an inline interwiki. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
  • I have changed hydroid to hydrozoan in the hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:55, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Needs a new review now that issue of close paraphrasing has been put to rest. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:58, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
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