Template:Did you know nominations/Christmas Island flying fox

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:35, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

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Christmas Island flying fox

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The Christmas Island flying fox

• ... that the Christmas Island flying fox (pictured) matures slower than nearly all other bats? Source: "In fact, the age at maturation for P. natalis is one of oldest among all Chiroptera species"
  • ALT1:... that the Christmas Island flying fox (pictured) is one of only two fruit-eaters on Christmas Island? Source: "Such is the case for this sub-species on Christmas Island, where there are no other extant bats, the only other vertebrate frugivore is the Christmas Island imperial pigeon Ducula whartoni, and there are no other specialised vertebrate pollinators"

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bessie S. McColgin
• Comment: Hoping for a Christmas slot

Improved to Good Article status by Dunkleosteus77 (talk). Nominated by Enwebb (talk) at 14:16, 7 December 2019 (UTC).

• For ALT1, instead of "vertebrate frugivores," we can say something a bit more friendly like "fruit-eaters"   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  17:01, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

• Sure. Hope you don't mind I went ahead and nominated. I wasn't sure if you would and the window is closing soon. Enwebb (talk) 17:07, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Disallowed review by article's primary author

• Full review needed by independent reviewer. Dunkleosteus77, I have hatted your review: as the primary author, you are not eligible to review the article at DYK, which must be done by someone independent. I am quoting your comment from it—Template:Tq—since it's useful to have your opinion on whether you like the hooks proposed by the nominator and feel they accurately reflect what's in the article. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:46, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Interestin GA, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obviou. The image is licensed, not showing not too much of the animal in small size, and if you want it for Christmas, tradition will call for a different image. So Christmas or image may be the question. In the article, I see a lot of "sandwiched" text. No reason not to approve, but pewrhaps think about smaller pic sizes, galleries, whatever. I find the original hook more interesting, so striking the other. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:10, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook fact needs to be qualified in the article and the hook. The source says its maturation rate is slower than any known bat in its species, not of any known bat. Yoninah (talk) 14:47, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

• Template:U, I'm afraid I don't understand you. As far as I can tell, the hook and the article are accurately representing the source material. Can you try phrasing your concern in another way?

• The article says the maturation rate is Template:Tq. The hook say that it Template:Tq. The source says it matures more slowly "than any other bat in its species". There are a lot of species out there. Yoninah (talk) 15:01, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

• The source says "In fact, the age at maturation for P. natalis is one of oldest among all Chiroptera species", Chiroptera, of course, being another word for bat. Again, I do not see the discrepancy. Enwebb (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

• No, the source says: Template:Tq Looking at our Pteropus article, Pteropus is another name for flying fox or fruit bat. It is not another name for bat. Yoninah (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

• It is not an either/or situation. Please open the source and search for the word "oldest" and you will find the quote I've provided twice now. I'm well aware of the genus Pteropus, having largely written the article you just linked to. Of course it is one of the slowest to mature in its genus if it is one of the slowest to mature of all bats. Enwebb (talk) 18:44, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

• OK, it's in that source but not in the other one. Hope no one notices at ERRORS. Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 17 December 2019 (UTC)