Talk:H. Radclyffe Roberts

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A fact from H. Radclyffe Roberts appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that H. Radclyffe Roberts once used a parachute, pullies, and an "insect bomb" to collect grasshoppers from treetops?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:13, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that H. Radclyffe Roberts once used a parachute, pullies, and an "insect bomb" to collect grasshoppers from treetops? Source: "Rad was not only an active collector but was always having innovative ideas as to how to collect grasshoppers. One of the most interesting was shooting a plastic parachute into the tops of tropical trees, using lines attached to the parachute to send up an insect bomb by a series of pullies, and releasing insecticide in the treetops. A plastic sheet was laid on the ground below the treetops to collect the falling insects. In this way he collected thousands of specimens, many of which were new to science" JSTOR 4064811^: 270
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Moved to mainspace by Umimmak (talk). Self-nominated at 07:03, 21 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough. Earwig's copyvio detector didn't find any likely copyright violations and the page is within Wikipedia policy. I spot-checked a few citations, which include the information cited. The hook is short enough and "hooky". I was able to check the cited JSTOR article to verify the information in the hook. The QPQ is done. Impressive research! Rwelean (talk) 18:52, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't it be "pulleys"? But, I dunno, maybe "pullies" are something I don't know about.96.241.253.180 (talk) 13:19, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did think it looked strange too. Merriam-Webster only has "pulleys" as a plural. @Umimmak:? Sdrqaz (talk) 16:48, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thanks for the catch, I went with the spelling used in the source but you’re right that dictionaries have pulleys. Umimmak (talk) 17:22, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I made a note at WP:ERRORS, thanks again for the heads up. Umimmak (talk) 17:28, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to help! 96.241.253.180 (talk) 19:12, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]