- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 12:35, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the Texas-dwelling tarantula Aphonopelma hollyi was named after rock & roll singer Buddy Holly?
- Comment: September 7 is Buddy Holly's birthday, thus it would be a quirky honor have this on the main page then.
- Reviewed: Philip Lutgendorf
Created by Animalparty (talk). Self-nominated at 01:45, 20 July 2015 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall:
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This article passes all core requirements for DYK. GTG.
Georgejdorner (
talk) 18:48, 20 July 2015 (UTC)