Template:Did you know nominations/Clathria aceratoobtusa
- 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 Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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Clathria aceratoobtusa
- ... that the encrusting sponge Clathria aceratoobtusa kills corals?
- ALT1:... that the encrusting sponge Clathria aceratoobtusa kills corals by smothering them?
- Reviewed: Al Khadra Mabrook
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 17:41, 29 September 2020 (UTC).
Article isn't quite long enough - 1442 characters. First source does not say that it occurs in the shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific. The map in #2 does not seem to entirely support the statement on provenance, either. Rest is OK although I wonder if "invasive species" is an acceptable interpretation of "invasive" here. Didn't notice any plagiarism or copyvio or POV. A little uncertain of the hook - the source speaks of "smothered corallites" and cites "smothering" as one of the killing methods but it does not clearly say that this sponge use this method. So I'd be a little wary of using ALT1. QPQ is somewhat basic (no source check). Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:57, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thank you for the review. Actually, I never really finished the article and had intended to return to it, but didn't. It should be long enough now. The distribution looks OK to me, you can click on the map in #3 to get a larger version. The Indian article mentions a depth range of 0.5 to 5.4 metres which seems like shallow water to me. I prefer ALT1, but you could argue that the coral tissue has already been killed before the sponge grows over it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:52, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- Well, that map gives probabilities and lists finding sites but not a "natural range". Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have rephrased the sentence about the distribution. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
but only for the first hook. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:49, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: I have rephrased the sentence about the distribution. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
- Well, that map gives probabilities and lists finding sites but not a "natural range". Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:09, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thank you for the review. Actually, I never really finished the article and had intended to return to it, but didn't. It should be long enough now. The distribution looks OK to me, you can click on the map in #3 to get a larger version. The Indian article mentions a depth range of 0.5 to 5.4 metres which seems like shallow water to me. I prefer ALT1, but you could argue that the coral tissue has already been killed before the sponge grows over it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:52, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
