Template:Did you know nominations/Waukesha Biota/1
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The result was: rejected by BorgQueen (talk) 21:55, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
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Waukesha Biota
- ... that the Waukesha Biota, found in southeast Wisconsin, has a variety of unique soft-bodied animals, like the enigmatic arthropod Parioscorpio? Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12534
- ALT1: ... that the Waukesha Biota was instrumental in the study of early Paleozoic soft-bodied creatures, which don’t normally fossilize well? Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018220300754
- Reviewed:
Created by Fossiladder13 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:53, 18 January 2023 (UTC).
This is not a creation — it is a newly promoted GA after a rejection in September. On that ground, it indeed qualifies. This is your sixth nomination, Fossiladder13, so you must review another article (QPQ) for this one to be approved. The image is CC-BY-SA 4.0 with an appropriate caption. ALT1 seems to check out, but I'm needing a bit of help to find ALT0 between what you linked and other sources. Also see the one textual issue below: Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:22, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
- Because it sits at the end of a paragraph, the sentence
The exceptional preservation of the fossils of the Waukesha Biota thus provides a window to a significant portion of Silurian life that otherwise may have been undetected and therefore unknown to science.
must have at least one inline citation.
- Because it sits at the end of a paragraph, the sentence
- @Sammi Brie, Hi, I fixed the article itself. Sorry I couldn't reply sooner. What do you mean by I need to review another article, just asking, thanks. Fossiladder13 (talk) 16:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay Fossiladder13, you didn't ping correctly. Go to the section in WP:DYK that starts,
Review requirement (QPQ) – If you have nominated five or more articles in the past, you must review one other nomination (unrelated to you) for every subsequent article you nominate—this is called quid pro quo or QPQ.
This now applies to you. You need to select someone else's nomination and review it for the DYK criteria. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:12, 28 January 2023 (UTC)- @Fossiladder13:
QPQs need to be provided within a week of nomination; without one, I think this nomination should be marked for closure. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:30, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Fossiladder13:
- Sorry for the delay Fossiladder13, you didn't ping correctly. Go to the section in WP:DYK that starts,