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Template:Did you know nominations/Common midwife toad

2012-03-24T18:09:38Z

68.107.141.42: Ah, here we go, finally get someone's attention: omg, wikipedia editor refuses to correct error, attack the evil stalker who pointed out error

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====Common midwife toad====
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[[File:AlytesObstetricansMaleWithEggs.jpg|100x100px|Male midwife toad carrying eggs]]
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{{*mp}}... that the male '''[[common midwife toad]]''' ''(pictured)'' carries his [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] around with him until they hatch?

:*''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Druid (1869)|HMS Druid (1869)]]
<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]). Self nom at 18:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</small>



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:[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Article length and expansion verified, no copyright issues that I can see, hook verified by supplied source. The image has a share-a-like Creative Commons license. Nice hook and article, should be of interest to many readers. [[User:Someone another|Someone]][[User_talk:Someone another|another]] 02:15, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

:This is not correct, once more, but in a different way. You have highlighted a trait of the species, as if it is unique to the species. It's not. It's a trait of the genus.
:If the New York Times made a mistake on its front page, it would at least carry a correction. As Wikipedia does not correct its errors, let's be strict and treat biology with accuracy.
:'''Suggested alternative and accurate hook:'''
::... that the male '''[[common midwife toad]]''' ''(pictured)'', like all members of the midwife toad genus, ''[[Alytes]]'', carries his [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] around with him until they hatch?
:[[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 21:41, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
::I am unable to confirm or deny that this trait is applicable to the whole genus as my sources specifically referred to the common midwife toad, ''Alytes obstetricans''. My original hook is supported by the article and its sources, the alternative hook is not. [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 09:02, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::One of the basic tenets of Wikipedia is that nothing is better than an inaccuracy. Please stop posting in an area where your knowledge is limited to producing misinformation.
:::Did you subtract the points that should have been a minus (for all of Wikipedia, not just you) instead of a plus when you decided that all slime moulds have two mating types? Have you corrected this made up information you posted on the main page? Do anything about it? Lack of factual information didn't stop you then, I guess, so why would I think lack of information would stop you now?
:::[http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Alytidae.shtml]
::::"Midwife Toads

::::"The family Alytidae ... are known as the Midwife Toads; and males attach egg clutches to their back and thighs. The male then carries the clutch until the larvae are ready to hatch, at which point he releases the tadpoles into bodies of water."

:::'''The Cwm offered hook is false, like his slime moulds hook. Please stop posting bad biology on the main page.''' [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 15:59, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
::::Even if all the genus do the same, that doesn't make the original hook false. If the hook said "is the only member of its genus" then it would be false - but it doesn't. The slime mold hook was evidently an accident, and your continued badgering of Cwmhiraeth is starting to look like harassment to me. [[User:Smartse|SmartSE]] ([[User talk:Smartse|talk]]) 16:58, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::::It is false, it is used in the hook to describe the species, and this does not describe the species, it describes the genus. That's how biology works. If something is unique to a genus, don't make it sound like it's unique to a species within the genus when it's not.
:::::Wikipedia's continued badgering of cyberspace by refusing to correct garbage looks like harassment to me. But what's that when there's an "improvement" race being run? [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 18:09, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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2012-03-24T15:59:21Z

68.107.141.42: Please stop posting wrong DYKs on the main page.

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{{*mp}}... that the male '''[[common midwife toad]]''' ''(pictured)'' carries his [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] around with him until they hatch?

:*''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Druid (1869)|HMS Druid (1869)]]
<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]). Self nom at 18:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</small>



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:[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Article length and expansion verified, no copyright issues that I can see, hook verified by supplied source. The image has a share-a-like Creative Commons license. Nice hook and article, should be of interest to many readers. [[User:Someone another|Someone]][[User_talk:Someone another|another]] 02:15, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

:This is not correct, once more, but in a different way. You have highlighted a trait of the species, as if it is unique to the species. It's not. It's a trait of the genus.
:If the New York Times made a mistake on its front page, it would at least carry a correction. As Wikipedia does not correct its errors, let's be strict and treat biology with accuracy.
:'''Suggested alternative and accurate hook:'''
::... that the male '''[[common midwife toad]]''' ''(pictured)'', like all members of the midwife toad genus, ''[[Alytes]]'', carries his [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] around with him until they hatch?
:[[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 21:41, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
::I am unable to confirm or deny that this trait is applicable to the whole genus as my sources specifically referred to the common midwife toad, ''Alytes obstetricans''. My original hook is supported by the article and its sources, the alternative hook is not. [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 09:02, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
:::One of the basic tenets of Wikipedia is that nothing is better than an inaccuracy. Please stop posting in an area where your knowledge is limited to producing misinformation.
:::Did you subtract the points that should have been a minus (for all of Wikipedia, not just you) instead of a plus when you decided that all slime moulds have two mating types? Have you corrected this made up information you posted on the main page? Do anything about it? Lack of factual information didn't stop you then, I guess, so why would I think lack of information would stop you now?
:::[http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Alytidae.shtml]
::::"Midwife Toads

::::"The family Alytidae ... are known as the Midwife Toads; and males attach egg clutches to their back and thighs. The male then carries the clutch until the larvae are ready to hatch, at which point he releases the tadpoles into bodies of water."

:::'''The Cwm offered hook is false, like his slime moulds hook. Please stop posting bad biology on the main page.''' [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 15:59, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

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2012-03-24T04:56:14Z

68.107.141.42: Move comment below; I assume this inaccuracy will wind up cemented onto the main page regardless of problems, though.

Template:Did you know nominations/Croscat

2012-03-24T02:14:22Z

68.107.141.42: quarrying section is confusing

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[[File:Volcà del Croscat.jpg|100x100px|Aerial view of the Croscat volcano]]
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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Croscat]]''' ''(pictured)'', the highest [[volcano]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], was [[Quarry|quarried]] until 1991 and its internal structure is exposed as a result?

:*'''ALT1''':... that the '''[[Croscat]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the highest [[volcano]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]]?
:*'''ALT2''':... that the '''[[Croscat]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the highest [[volcano]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]] and its [[volcanic cone]] was [[Quarry|quarried]] until 1991?
:*'''ALT3''':... that the '''[[Croscat]]''' ''(pictured)'', the highest [[volcano]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], was [[Quarry|quarried]] until 1991?
:*''Comment'': The article would benefit from proofreading as I'm not a native English speaker
<small>Created by [[User:Drunt|Drunt]] ([[User talk:Drunt|talk]]). Self nom at 23:01, 19 March 2012 (UTC)</small>
::The quarrying section is confusing. It should be cleared up before going forward with this DYK. [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 02:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)


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Template:Did you know nominations/Eucalyptus aggregata

2012-03-24T00:53:35Z

68.107.141.42:

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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Eucalyptus aggregata|black gum]]''' is threatened by [[global warming]]?

:*''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Jawali Mosque]]
<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Casliber|Casliber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]]). Self nom at 09:27, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</small>



:*Hi Casliber, you contribute to excellent main page content for Wikipedia; thanks for all the great reading and for working so well with all contributors to an article, including IP editors. I think this is too vague. Almost everything is threatened in some way by climate change; the how and why tend to have more to do with the species than the mere mention of the threat. This species' ecology makes the threat potentially more imminent than for other species, but I don't have time to do the research to make a solid sentence or catch-hook out of it. [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 21:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
::*Yeah I know - this one grows in frost hollows, which are directly threatened by a warming climate. I was trying to think of a way to include that but not sure if it's too wordy....maybe

ALT1... that the '''[[Eucalyptus aggregata|black gum]]''' is threatened by [[global warming]] as it is largely restricted to frost hollows?

:::I think it says something interesting about its habitat. And ''Eucalyptus'' and frost hollows are not two things I'd normally put together, so it would make me curious to read the article. [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 00:53, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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2012-03-23T21:53:04Z

68.107.141.42: too vague; true for much of earth, but a how or why could make itl usable

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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Eucalyptus aggregata|black gum]]''' is threatened by [[global warming]]?

:*''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Jawali Mosque]]
<small>Created/expanded by [[User:Casliber|Casliber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]]). Self nom at 09:27, 22 March 2012 (UTC)</small>
::Hi Casliber, you contribute to excellent main page content for Wikipedia; thanks for all the great reading and for working so well with all contributors to an article, including IP editors. I think this is too vague. Almost everything is threatened in some way by climate change; the how and why tend to have more to do with the species than the mere mention of the threat. This species' ecology makes the threat potentially more imminent than for other species, but I don't have time to do the research to make a solid sentence or catch-hook out of it. [[Special:Contributions/68.107.141.42|68.107.141.42]] ([[User talk:68.107.141.42|talk]]) 21:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


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Template:Did you know nominations/Common midwife toad

2012-03-23T21:41:08Z

68.107.141.42: suggest biologically accurate alternative -- the genus is defined by this behavior, it is not unique to this species, please don't imply it is with this hook