Template:Did you know nominations/Ballast Island (Japan)

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 16:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Ballast Island (Japan)

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... that a Japanese island has rapidly fluctuated in size? Source: Kayanne et al. (14 July 2016). "Eco-geomorphic processes that maintain a small coral reef island: Ballast Island in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Geomorphology. 271. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.07.021. Retrieved 27 February 2024. Pp. 87-90
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Created by Generalissima (talk). Self-nominated at 20:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ballast Island (Japan); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - This is so nitpicky, but I suggest we use "fluctuated" instead of "alternated". The latter typically implies a binary of two options, whereas "fluctuated" is used more for an ebb-and-flow; the source uses "fluctuate" as well.

QPQ: - pending
Overall: @Generalissima: Earwig CD clear, new and long enough. Did some copyediting on the article. Will wait on QPQ. One thing: can I ask why you decided to forego almost all use of the convert template? I assume to avoid overuse, but I think the article could greatly benefit from including imperial units to improve accessibility. – T C Memoire 00:12, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

@TCMemoire: I genuinely just forgot about converting to imperial since I'm usually so focused on making imperial units metrics; let me fix that! Fluctuated is a better wording! Fixed that. Generalissima (talk) 01:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

@Generalissima: Sorry for the delay, been keeping an eye on Anomalites to see when it gets passed. Once that goes through, I'll pass this DYK. I also see you successfully got it to GA in the meantime--congratulations! – T C Memoire 21:26, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Neato, we're good to go. – T C Memoire 10:46, 14 March 2024 (UTC)