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: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
... that a Turdus maximus is 23–28 cm (9.1–11.0 in) long? Source: "23–28 cm" [1]
ALT1: ... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
5x expanded by AryKun (talk). Self-nominated at 12:31, 3 November 2021 (UTC).
Overall: New enough, long enough, neutral, no plagiarism issues, appropriately cited. However, the hook is not interesting. Simply stating the bird's size is not interesting by any stretch of the imagination. No indication of if QPQ was done or not. Until QPQ is resolved, and a more interesting hook provided, I cannot approve this. I suggest a new hook talk about how the bird lives in high elevations, or how it was originally thought to be a subspecies of the common blackbird. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 19:09, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
This was done for the QPQ. Also, in English, Turdus maximus sounds like it would mean "largest poop" or something, which is why I thought the scientific name would be interesting. The species' scientific name has been covered in the news for the unintentional innuendo. AryKun (talk) 03:52, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. I've noted that QPQ is done, so that's resolved. I see about the scientific name, but a much better hook would be to talk about how the name sounds "dirty" in my opinion. I'd like to see at least 1 alt added. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:33, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
I think the hook EEng added works better. I'm going to approve this, with a preference towards ALT1 as suggested below. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 04:15, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that the biggest Turdus is 23–28 centimetres (9–10 inches) in length? EEng 02:29, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, neutral, no plagiarism issues, appropriately cited. However, the hook is not interesting. Simply stating the bird's size is not interesting by any stretch of the imagination. No indication of if QPQ was done or not. Until QPQ is resolved, and a more interesting hook provided, I cannot approve this. I suggest a new hook talk about how the bird lives in high elevations, or how it was originally thought to be a subspecies of the common blackbird. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 19:09, 3 November 2021 (UTC)