Talk:Paroecobius private

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• Oecobius kowalskii
• Paroecobius skipper
• Paroecobius rico
• Paroecobius private

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• ... that the spiders Oecobius kowalskii, Paroecobius skipper, Paroecobius rico, and Paroecobius private were named after the Penguins of Madagascar?

• Source: Used for all species

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  • Comment: Found this group on the List of organisms named after works of fiction, moved them all to mainspace earlier

This is my fifth nomination, including the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th articles, so i've done 3 QPQs

Moved to mainspace by EmergentAnarchy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

EmergentAnarchy (talk) 12:39, 9 August 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 72 hours.--Launchballer 23:45, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

All four QPQs check out. When filling in the field, I suggest leaving off the first opening and last closing bracket and leaving the ones in the middle.--Launchballer 00:03, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

@EmergentAnarchy: Earwig's clean and the articles are all long enough. The articles all have similar recycled content, but the text is still less than seven days old, so I'm provisionally taking it (though I may ask at WT:DYK). No reason why any would deserve a maintenance template. What makes these notable, given that they cite two sources each, one of which is a database that takes their information from the other? Also, I know exactly what I'm spending this on...--Launchballer 11:58, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

All extant eukaryotic species are presumed notable EmergentAnarchy (talk) 12:05, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

So they are. I just checked WP:NSPECIES. Hook checks out, though I'd change the end to "all named after fictional penguins from the same film".--Launchballer 12:10, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

So we run a version that reads ... that the spiders Oecobius kowalskii, Paroecobius skipper, Paroecobius rico, and Paroecobius private were named after fictional penguins from the same film? EmergentAnarchy (talk) 13:29, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

I'd leave the link off, but I'll let a promoter make that decision.--Launchballer 13:31, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

• Given the degree of overlap between these articles, they can't all qualify. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:22, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

I think some overlap is inevitable, especially in etymology and taxonomy. The descriptions are distinct though EmergentAnarchy (talk) 10:16, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

@Nikkimaria @EmergentAnarchy @Launchballer If the overlap prevents that then how about ALT1 " ... that four species of spider including Oecobius kowalskii were named after characters from the Penguins of Madagascar?" or ALT1b "... that Oecobius kowalskii and three other species of spider were all named after characters from the Penguins of Madagascar?" Oecobius kowalskii was created before the other overlapping articles. Either way, this is such an interesting fact. Should definitely be on DYK. NewAccount7295 (talk) 19:56, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Honestly? I think it would be DYKINT to bold the genus Paroecobius; the article's a stub. @EmergentAnarchy: If there are still overlap issues even after expansion, don't be afraid to nominate it for GA, this list is a great place to start! Another option would be to nominate the other three links, but that would be more time-consuming to get them to GA quality. ミラP@Miraclepine 20:33, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

I don't think i know enough about spiders to be able to write a GA on one tbh. It would be hard to say much more on the species, as I don't think they're particularly well studied beyond what i've already cited. I'd be happy to run NewAccount7295s version EmergentAnarchy (talk) 20:47, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

@EmergentAnarchy: The Zootaxa article is paywalled, so a quote is required per WP:DYKCITE. Thoughts? ミラP@Miraclepine 21:04, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

@Miraclepine: "Etymology. The specific name refers to the character Kowalski, from the American 3D, computer-animated comedy film “Penguins of Madagascar”." - it says the same thing each time, but with the names switched obviously EmergentAnarchy (talk) 21:09, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Mission accomplished! ミラP@Miraclepine 21:15, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

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