Template talk:Did you know/Ichthyoplankton

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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 Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle}

• ... that ichthyoplankton are the eggs and larvae of fish (pictured), and can be sampled as an index of the relative abundance of spawning adult fish?

Created by Epipelagic (talk). Self nom at 23:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

ALT 2 added in response to Crisco: ... that the eggs and larvae of fish (pictured) can be sampled as an index of the relative abundance of spawning adult fish?

• Reviewed: Batara Kala ([1]) --Epipelagic (talk) 04:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please add a comment and signature (or just a signature if endorsing) after each aspect you have reviewed:

Hook

• Length, format, content rules:   Suitable. A slight tweak is suggested below as an ALT hook. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC) — New hook as amended above is also suitable. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:30, 4 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Source:   Confirmed by the cited source and others. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Interest:   Very good. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Image suitability, if applicable:   Licensed as CC-SA 3.0; I think it's OK, but please could somebody more familiar with image policy double-check. DYK-wise, it is striking and suitable for the Main Page. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)   The new image is suitable: in fact, it would be very good to use on the Main Page, as it is a Featured Picture. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:30, 4 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• ALT hooks, if proposed: ... that ichthyoplankton, the eggs (pictured) and larvae of fish, can be sampled as an index of the relative abundance of spawning adult fish? Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Article

• Length:   Suitable length. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Vintage:   Started on 23rd July and nominated in time. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Sourcing (V, RS, BLP):   High quality. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Neutrality:   Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Plagiarism/close paraphrasing:   Close paraphrasing: I have some concerns in respect of the History paragraph and some other sentences. There is some structural and word-order similarity, particularly between the last two sentences of History and text on p269 of ref [3] (here. I have not yet checked paragraphs further into the article. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)   I have checked again since the rewriting (both the History paragraphs and elsewhere in the article) and am satisfied that my close paraphrasing concerns have been addressed. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:30, 4 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Copyvio:   None noted. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
• Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Reads well, but see comment above. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Comments/discussion:

• Nominator needs to review an article before this nom can go forward. Marrante (talk) 18:51, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Looking at the image page I'm not sure whether or not this is suitable. They say they've released it under CC-BY-SA 3.0 but on the same page they link to the hosting page where it says images cannot be altered. Confused! Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 13:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

• I've reworded the history section. If the image is not suitable, there are a couple of others in the article that might work. --Epipelagic (talk) 07:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

• Could we have a hook that is not "new article is (definition)"? Even something as simple as ALT2 ... that the eggs and larvae of fish can be sampled as an index of the relative abundance of spawning adult fish? Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:40, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

And could someone suggest an alternative image please? Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 15:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

• Alternative hook and image supplied above as requested --Epipelagic (talk) 22:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

• ALT2 is okay, but it seems there are some slight paraphrasing issues as noted by Hassocks above. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:38, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

• Image replaced and should be no paraphrasing issues now. --Epipelagic (talk) 05:58, 4 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

  I am now happy to fully approve this DYK. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:30, 4 August 2011 (UTC)Reply