Talk:Lake Erie watersnake

A fact from Lake Erie watersnake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that following the introduction of the round goby to Lake Erie, the Lake Erie watersnake's population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S. threatened species list?

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Did you know nomination

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 CSJJ104 (talk) 00:41, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that following the introduction of the round goby to Lake Erie, the Lake Erie watersnake's population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S. Threatened species list? Source: https://www.kqed.org/quest/26451/back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-habitat-map-for-the-lake-erie-watersnake
- ALT1: ... that the Lake Erie watersnake became the 23rd animal to be removed from the federal Endangered and Threatened species list after the round goby was accidentally introduced to its habitat? Source: https://www.kqed.org/quest/26451/back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-habitat-map-for-the-lake-erie-watersnake
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Oglethorpe County High School

Created by Scorpions13256 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The ALT1 hook is very hooky: involvement of introduced species as article of diet William Avery (talk) 08:02, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Avery, I have corrected the typo. I am not sure if I was supposed to create another hook, so I just edited the existing one. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:32, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I also realize that ALT 1 might not make sense. I should probably also include how the round goby accounts for 90% of the snake's diet. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Scorpions13256 My feeling was that the reader who asks "How so?" would be encouraged to click through. I have removed my comment about the typo ('Typo makes ALT1 hook conflicts with citation. The ALT1 hook should be "the 23rd animal", not "the 63rd animal".') from the {{DYK checklist}} above. Feel free to propose another hook for me to approve, or let me know that I can give this a green tick as it stands. William Avery (talk) 16:06, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Avery you can go ahead. I can't think of a better hook. Scorpions13256 (talk) 22:51, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this is good to go now. William Avery (talk) 21:18, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]