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The result was: '''promoted''' by [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 09:06, 19 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
 
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* <s>... that the '''[[common loon]]''' (''pictured''), a member of the genus ''[[Gavia (genus)]]'', earlier belonged to the now-defunct genus ''Colymbus'' which contained [[grebes]] as well as loons?  <small>Source: "For years the common loon was known as ''Colymbus torquatus''; and now Colymbus, in modern American ornithological work, is only applied to grebes, while the loons are relegated to the genus ''Gavia''."</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shufeldt|first=R. W.|date=1914|title=On the Oology of the North American Pygopodes|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1362079|journal=The Condor|volume=16|issue=4|pages=169–180|doi=10.2307/1362079|jstor=1362079|via=}}</ref></s>
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* <s>... that the '''[[common loon]]''' (''pictured''), a member of the genus ''[[Gavia (genus)]]'', earlier belonged to the now-defunct genus ''Colymbus'' which contained [[grebes]] as well as loons?  <small>Source: "For years the common loon was known as ''Colymbus torquatus''; and now Colymbus, in modern American ornithological work, is only applied to grebes, while the loons are relegated to the genus ''Gavia''."</small><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shufeldt|first=R. W.|date=1914|title=On the Oology of the North American Pygopodes|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1362079|journal=The Condor|volume=16|issue=4|pages=169–180|doi=10.2307/1362079|jstor=1362079|via=}}</ref></s>
 
 
** '''ALT1''': ... that the adult '''[[common loon]]''' ''(pictured)'' had an old colloquial name from [[New England]], ''call-up-a-storm'', as its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?
 
** '''ALT1''': ... that the adult '''[[common loon]]''' ''(pictured)'' had an old colloquial name from [[New England]], ''call-up-a-storm'', as its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?
 
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<small>Improved to Good Article status by [[User:Adityavagarwal|Adityavagarwal]] ([[User talk:Adityavagarwal|talk]]). Self-nominated at 12:48, 31 August 2017 (UTC).</small>
 
<small>Improved to Good Article status by [[User:Adityavagarwal|Adityavagarwal]] ([[User talk:Adityavagarwal|talk]]). Self-nominated at 12:48, 31 August 2017 (UTC).</small>
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:* [[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] {{ping|Adityavagarwal}} GA, in time, long enough, sourced, no copyvios seen, QPQ done. How about a more interesting hook? Say, that the Ojibwe thought a common loon created the world, it's ''call-up-a-storm'' name, or the dagger-like bill that it stabs predators with. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 18:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 
:* [[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] {{ping|Adityavagarwal}} GA, in time, long enough, sourced, no copyvios seen, QPQ done. How about a more interesting hook? Say, that the Ojibwe thought a common loon created the world, it's ''call-up-a-storm'' name, or the dagger-like bill that it stabs predators with. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 18:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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::::[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] {{u|Adityavagarwal}} Looks good! Interesting, and the source checks out. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 18:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 
::::[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] {{u|Adityavagarwal}} Looks good! Interesting, and the source checks out. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 18:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
  
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 19 December 2017

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:06, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Common loon

Adult in breeding plumage in Wisconsin, United States
Adult in breeding plumage in Wisconsin, United States
  • ... that the common loon (pictured), a member of the genus Gavia (genus), earlier belonged to the now-defunct genus Colymbus which contained grebes as well as loons? Source: "For years the common loon was known as Colymbus torquatus; and now Colymbus, in modern American ornithological work, is only applied to grebes, while the loons are relegated to the genus Gavia."[1]
    • ALT1: ... that the adult common loon (pictured) had an old colloquial name from New England, call-up-a-storm, as its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?

Improved to Good Article status by Adityavagarwal (talk). Self-nominated at 12:48, 31 August 2017 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg Template:Ping GA, in time, long enough, sourced, no copyvios seen, QPQ done. How about a more interesting hook? Say, that the Ojibwe thought a common loon created the world, it's call-up-a-storm name, or the dagger-like bill that it stabs predators with. --Usernameunique (talk) 18:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Usernameunique Thanks a ton for the review and suggestions! Face-smile.svg Does ALT1 look better? Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Symbol confirmed.svg Template:U Looks good! Interesting, and the source checks out. --Usernameunique (talk) 18:43, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
  1. Shufeldt, R. W. (1914). "On the Oology of the North American Pygopodes". The Condor. 16 (4): 169–180. doi:10.2307/1362079. JSTOR 1362079.