Template talk:Did you know/Holothuria forskali
Holothuria forskali[edit]
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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 Crisco 1492 (talk)
- ... that the black sea cucumber (pictured) releases special chemicals into the water to warn nearby predators that it tastes bad?
- Reviewed: Tremella encephala ([1])
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 09:03, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:
Hook
- Length, format, content rules: Fine
- Source: Fine
- Interest: Seems goof to me
- Image suitability, if applicable: Fine
- ALT hooks, if proposed:
Article
- Length: Fine
- Vintage: Fine
- Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Fine
- Neutrality: Finr
- Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: none that I could see
- Copyvio: Fine
- Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Doesn't specifically mention that it tastes bad in the article
Comments/discussion:
Date and ref check out but the wording in the article doesn't specifically mention that it warns that it tastes bad to predators. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 10:23, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
- How about
ALT1 ... that the black sea cucumber (pictured) releases special chemicals into the water to warn potential predators that it may taste bad? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:29, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that the black sea cucumber (pictured) releases special chemicals into the surrounding water to deter potential predators? --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 01:48, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
- I respectfully don't like ALT2... its too conservative; the source clearly says "..to warn predators that it is unpalatable..". Rcej (Robert) – talk 07:23, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
- Not hugely bothered, but 'predator' doesn't need to be linked. --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 08:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC)