Template:Did you know nominations/Armored mud ball
- 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 Evrik (talk) 04:12, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
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Armored mud ball
Armored mud ball
- ... that armored mud balls (example pictured) are formed underwater when fragments of clay or mud are rolled by moving currents, picking up a coating of gravel or pebbles that helps to stop them breaking down further? Source: The particles, typically sand or pebbles, form an "armor" that allows the mud ball to retain its shape during transport. 12
- ALT1: ... that armored mud balls (example pictured) are formed underwater when fragments of clay or mud are rolled by currents, picking up a coating of stones that helps stop them breaking down further?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Youlgrave Waterworks
Created by Nick Moyes (talk). Self-nominated at 23:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC).
Hi Nick Moyes, what an interesting topic, review follows: article moved to mainspace on 10 August and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I don't have access to many of the sources but didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing form those I checked; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to source cited; image is fine and freely licensed. Two issues outstanding:- QPQ to be provided
Done
- The hook is over length (I count 217 characters), can you suggest a shorter wording?
- ALT1 is now shorter (though my count of the original was 194 characters (excluding source editor formatting characters and 'example pictured')
Will ping fully once my QPQ is completed.Nick Moyes (talk) 15:22, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
- ALT1 is now shorter (though my count of the original was 194 characters (excluding source editor formatting characters and 'example pictured')
If you give me a ping when you've addressed the above I will come back to complete the review. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 07:04, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Dumelow: Thanks. Both issues have now been addressed. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:10, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Nick Moyes, I see the rules do allow for exclusion of the (pictured), but in my opinion shorter is generally better - Dumelow (talk) 06:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
