A fact from Whitecheek shark appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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@Cwmhiraeth: I know you didn't make the range map, but I note from the IUCN red list page that the range includes areas around Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines not in the map we have (though ours dates from a 2005 book). Chris857 (talk) 16:20, 14 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I had noticed that. I'm not really into making range maps and even if I was, Australia is a big country and I don't expect the shark is found all round its coasts. Anyone amending the range map would need a good map to work from. Is a mostly accurate map better than no map at all, I wonder? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:51, 14 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
