Template:Did you know nominations/School shark

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 BlueMoonset (talk) 00:31, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

School shark

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~~... that the school shark was used as a source of vitamin A as its liver was shown to have higher levels than any other fish tested?~~

Reviewed: MY Single Band

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 09:22, 14 September 2013 (UTC).

a couple of things. This article should be moved to the genus name Galeorhinus due to the multiple common names that are used for the species. Also the testing of the liver was performed over 67 years ago. Have the results of the study still been upheld?--Kev min § 05:56, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

The article could be renamed, but it has been called "School shark" since it was created in 2005 and I don't think that its name is a DYK issue. As to your other point, the hook states "was used" and the research, performed over 67 years ago as you point out, was the basis for that use. I have reworded the article slightly. How about:

ALT1 ... that the school shark was at one time used as a source of vitamin A as its liver was shown to have higher levels of this vitamin than any other fish tested?

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:44, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

The rewording works much better, and the alt hook is good. I still would like to see the article moved to the genus name per naming guidelines, but I dont have that ability due to the edit history of the genus name page Galeorhinus.--Kev min § 15:14, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
As the page move does not seem likely at this point, the dyk is good to know.--Kev min § 19:00, 23 September 2013 (UTC)