Talk:Northern greater glider

A fact from Northern greater glider appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 2020, scientists confirmed that the southern greater glider (pictured), northern greater glider and central greater glider were not one species as had previously been believed?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 04:33, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Light morph of a southern greater glider

... that in 2020 scientists confirmed that the southern greater glider (pictured), northern greater glider and central greater glider were not one species as had previously been believed? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/06/two-new-greater-glider-species-discovered-australias-biodiversity-just-got-a-lot-richer
- ALT1:... that scientists used to believe that the southern greater gliders (pictured), northern greater glider, and central greater glider were one species? Source: same as above

Created by Geekgecko (talk). Nominated by BuySomeApples (talk) at 21:57, 27 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Southern great glider

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough, no copyvio detected, and is well-sourced. The image is clear and will look good. Lajmmoore (talk) 06:38, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Northern great glider

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: Article is well-referenced with copy vio unlikely, it is new enough. My only comment is that it is just over 1500 charaters, So I wondered if a sentence about its diet (or something) might move it move comfortably over the suggested character limit (plus I'm curious)! Lajmmoore (talk) 06:38, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Central greater glider

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: Article is well-referenced with copy vio unlikely, its new enough and long enough, and is interesting. Overall I prefer ALT0. Lajmmoore (talk) 06:38, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P6