Template:Did you know nominations/Terrance (octopus)
- 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: rejected by reviewer, closed by BorgQueen talk 16:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
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Terrance (octopus)
- ... that Terrance the octopus held back laying fertilized eggs for two months following its capture? Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/04/13/terrance-octopus-babies-tiktok-oklahoma/
« Terrance, who was found off California’s coast, mated before she was caught by a diver. The delayed delivery was a product of octopuses’ ability to withhold laying their eggs until they feel safe. »- Reviewed:
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.Yug (talk) 🐲 10:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC).
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Hook eligibility:
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Image eligibility:
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- Clear at 100px: - n
| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
Article is new enough, long enough, is well sourced to news outlets, and it plagiarism free. There are two notes in the article that need addressing: one "who?" after 'commenters' - please be specific. Also there is a [citation needed], please add a reference. No QPQ is required. Hook is cited, but I'm not sure it is the most interesting option? The striking thing seems to be the connections between the octopus and Tiktok, so perhaps that could be an alternative hook? Picture is free, and the background is clear, but the actual octopus (which is isn't Terrance) is quite blurry. Overall a nice article, thank you! Lajmmoore (talk) 22:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see how the image is relevant since it doesn't actually depict the octopus we're talking about; its use in the infobox instead of the body of the article in question is also questionable. AryKun (talk) 07:15, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
