Template:Did you know nominations/Thistle tortoise beetle
- 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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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Thistle tortoise beetle
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Thistle beetle with its shield
- ... that the thistle tortoise beetle (pictured) uses its own feces to build a mobile shield to protect itself from predators? Source: Eisner, Thomas; van Tassell, Eileen; Carrel, James E. (1967-12-15). "Defensive Use of a "Fecal Shield" by a Beetle Larva". Science. 158 (3807): 1471–1473. Bibcode:1967Sci...158.1471E. doi:10.1126/science.158.3807.1471. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 6058687. S2CID 23033169.
- Reviewed:
5x expanded by Justinxuje (talk). Self-nominated at 05:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Thistle tortoise beetle; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- I forgot to change the status of this article to 5x expanded. Would it be possible to modify it now or should I submit a new nomination? Justinxuje (talk) 14:54, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Launchballer: The nominator hasn't edited since the 5th and a 5x expansion has not been accomplished. The nom is part of a WikiEd class that runs through April. Should we wait for them to return or should the nomination be marked for closure? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:12, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- I think by the time April rolls around, it will have been more than four weeks, and I don't think it's reasonable to wait that long. I say leave it another couple of days, and then close this with a strong recommendation for Justinxuje to put this through GA.--Launchballer 00:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Given the lack of a response from the nominator it unfortunately doesn't seem like there's a path forward for this nomination as of this time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
The article is currently undergoing a GA review, so I would keep this open for another week at least while it is being worked on by Justinxuje in response to the reviewer's comments. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
- I think by the time April rolls around, it will have been more than four weeks, and I don't think it's reasonable to wait that long. I say leave it another couple of days, and then close this with a strong recommendation for Justinxuje to put this through GA.--Launchballer 00:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
