Template:Did you know nominations/Sebkha el Melah

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 01:30, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Sebkha el Melah

  • ... that the endorheic salt lake Sebkha el Melah in Tunisia is the breeding ground for over 1% of the total world population of ruddy shelduck and ferruginous duck? Source: "It hosts more than 1% of the biogeographic populations of Tadorna ferruginea and Aythya nyroca.")

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:
  • New enough: No - Expanded August 2nd from 241 characters to 2518 characters (>10x), nominated August 8th (6 days)
  • Long enough: No - Over 5000 bytes
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: No - To me the hook is a little lackluster: I found that the much more interesting fact is that the lake is made of two separate bodies of water, one less saline and more biodiverse than the other. Not a hard no, but I'd prefer to see a hook along those lines.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is very solid, well-written and well-sourced. My only reservations is with the hook. RunningOnBrains(talk) 21:27, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Runningonbrains: Thanks for the review. How about ALT1? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:33, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
  • ALT1 ... that the endorheic salt lake Sebkha el Melah in Tunisia has two parts, the upper one pond-like and biodiverse and the lower one salt-encrusted and nearly devoid of vegetation?
  • I like this hook better, and it is backed up by source [6]. I'm satisfied with the DYK submission! RunningOnBrains(talk) 18:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)