Template:Did you know nominations/Wildlife of Russia

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 Jolly Ω Janner 06:51, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Wildlife of Russia

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Reindeers pulling a sleigh

... that in the wildlife of Russia, the tundra region has reindeer (pictured) which can sustain temperatures up to −50 °C (−58 °F) and their count is said to be about four million?

ALT1:... that in the wildlife of Russia, Amur Tiger (pictured) is the Siberian Tiger of Russia, the largest among wild cats with 300 to 500 as reported in 2005?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Capul Church

Created by Nvvchar (talk). Self-nominated at 06:27, 1 December 2015 (UTC).

Created from a redirect, well written, within policy, no copy-vio detected, and both hooks are interesting and cited. Images are also good, so its good to go. --Captain Assassin! ^{«T ♦ C ♦ G»} 11:37, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't think either of these hooks is satisfactory as both are ungrammatical and incoherent, and neither has an inline citation for the hook facts. Apart from this the article really needs attention as it makes inaccurate statements such as "The steppe consists of croplands, grass lands, and Caspian lotus flowers in pink and white colours in the lakes", "The steppe alpines gradually extend to form the Caucasus region" and "There is proliferation of salmon in the rivers of Kamchatka which are covered with volcanic ash". These sentences, and others, do not accurately reflect their sources. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. All issues referred above have been addressed. The hooks are modified as Alt2 and Alt 3, and duly referenced in the text.

Alt2... that in the wildlife of Russia, in the tundra region, about 4 million reindeer (pictured) which can thrive in temperatures up to −50 °C (−58 °F) are reported?

Alt3 ... that as of 2005, in the wildlife of Russia, in Ussuriland 430 to 530 Siberian tigers or Amur tigers (pictured) were reported?Nvvchar. 08:15, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

I changed the article to provide a 2015 figure for Siberian tigers. Someone else can complete the review of this nomination because I have proposed some revised hooks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:15, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Alt2A ... that the wildlife of Russia includes about four million reindeer (pictured) in the tundra region which can endure temperatures down to about −50 °C (−58 °F)?
Alt3B ... that the wildlife of Russia includes about 500 Siberian tigers (pictured) living in Ussuriland?