Template:Did you know nominations/Banded Quail

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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) 01:55, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Banded Quail[edit]

  • ... that the Banded Quail is a shy bird which seldom strays far from cover?

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 06:14, 8 October 2013 (UTC).

  • The article meets most of the criteria, but is barely long enough, being only 1550 characters with the section titles and TOC. It needs a little more said. How about including a recipe? (No! ignore my last!)
  • It is neutral, has adequate citation, cites appropriate sources and doesn't seem to have any other problems.
  • The hook is appropriate to the subject.
Amandajm (talk) 09:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
The length was 1,675 bytes which exceeds the 1,500 required for DYK. I would have made the article longer but I was short of material. I have now found that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a "Life history" page so I have added extra information. The page size now is 2,215 bytes. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:15, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Comment: the article is ready to go. However, having added new facts, would you consider a different DYK, based on the tendency of the birds to fly in different directions, to confuse predators?
Amandajm (talk) 04:29, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
How's this then? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:09, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that when alarmed, Banded Quail may run into the undergrowth but sometimes fly off, scattering to confuse the predator?
Ready to go. Amandajm (talk) 15:51, 11 October 2013 (UTC)