Template:Did you know nominations/Microchirus azevia

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 Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 04:40, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Microchirus azevia

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~~... that not enough is known about the bastard sole to indicate whether it is in need of conservation?~~Source: "This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic and the Meditteranean. Little is known of its population, habitat or impact of potential major threats as statistics for this species are mixed with other Microchirus species. However, given that its depth range occurs primarily within the range of commercial trawling, it is not known how this is impacting its population. It is listed as Data Deficient."
- ALT1:~~... that the bastard sole is caught by accident when other fish species are being targeted?~~Source: "which means that this species may be significantly caught as by-catch by commercial trawling within its range, although mostly discarded."

Reviewed: Drift whale
Comment: I prefer the first hook, which is similar to one I used before for the Portuguese sole and which drew in 5000 viewers.

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:30, 21 May 2018 (UTC).

new, hook is catchy, copyvio <10%, will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:11, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: proposed hook good. length ok, cited. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:35, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Point of information: the previous hook did not "draw in 5000 viewers", it was modified mid-way through being on the main page, and was subject to extensive discussion at ERRORS. Please refrain from making completely unfounded claims. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:51, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

After copious discussion at WT:DYK, this hook has been agreed upon:

ALT2: ... that the bastard sole is a worm-eating bottom dweller?
The ALT2 hook facts are verified and cited inline. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:37, 26 May 2018 (UTC)