Talk:Zoosphaerium darthvaderi

A fact from Zoosphaerium darthvaderi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Darth Vader's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Darth Vader Giant Pill-Millipede.

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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 Rlink2 (talk) 16:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Darth Vader is 20.8 mm long?~~Body length: Holotype: length 20.8 mm, width of thoracic shield 9.4 mm, height of thoracic shield 5.2 mm.
- ALT1: ~~... that Darth Vader is critically endangered?~~ Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)
- ALT2: ... that Darth Vader's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"? Anal shield: Pronounced bell shape (Figs 11D, E); top of bell featuring a prominent hump densely covered in very short hairs.

Reviewed: KPEC-TV
Comment: I do hope this suffices for an April Fools' Day nomination—my preference would be for ALT2, than ALT1, than ALT0.

Created by The Great Mule of Eupatoria (talk) and Theleekycauldron (talk). Nominated by Theleekycauldron (talk) at 07:20, 20 October 2021 (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: First time reviewer here, I would express that this article's title is shortened for deliberate comedic effect and for the context it is given as an April Fools DYK, I would understand, though I'm quite new to this, and I believe that a second opinion is always a good idea. Ornithoptera (talk) 02:12, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy review, Ornithoptera (and by the way, i love your username)! I've been told that Gatoclass is the expert on April Fools' Day—Gatoclass, could you weigh in? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 02:25, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, definitely AFD material (excepting ALT1). ALT2 is particularly good. All assuming it is verifiable of course :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:34, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It seems we've got ourselves a ball game, then—I'll move the nomination. Welcome to DYK, Ornithoptera! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 05:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Going to strike ALT0 and ALT1 to indicate preference :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 09:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]