Talk:Odontotermes obesus

A fact from Odontotermes obesus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the fungus Macrolepiota albuminosa (example pictured) is always associated with the nests of termites such as Odontotermes obesus?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:56, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Macrolepiota albuminosa

... that the fungus Macrolepiota albuminosa is an obligate symbiont of termites such as Odontotermes obesus?
- ALT1:... that the fungus Macrolepiota albuminosa is always associated with the nests of termites such as Odontotermes obesus?

Reviewed: Peter T. Gallagher
Comment: Also reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/1967 North Sumatra gubernatorial election

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 11:03, 14 October 2020 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think ALT1 is easier to understand if you're a layperson (like me!), but I wonder whether it might be good to flip the sentence around and have Odontotermes obesus first, so that link gets more clicks since its the new page? Also, I'd be grateful if someone could double-check the expansion of the article Macrolepiota albuminosa. Thanks. Lajmmoore (talk) 16:33, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review, I have added the citation. There's a script that shows page size but I'm not too sure how you get it. The original size of Macrolepiota albuminosa was 466 characters and now it's 2590. I'm not too bothered about which article gets the most hits. I'm not sure that the termite is always associated with this fungus of if it may use some other species of fungus, which makes putting the termite first in the hook awkward. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:50, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cwmhiraeth Thanks very much. Both of those comments make sense and thanks for the tip. Just to triple check? This is the reference for the hook? Batra, S.W.T. (1975). "Termites (Isoptera) Eat and Manipulate Symbiotic Fungi". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 48 (1): 89–92. Thanks (Lajmmoore (talk) 15:44, 16 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]

@Lajmmoore: Yes. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:16, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: Great. I think we're good to go: article(s) are new enough and long enough, there's a QPQ, hook is interesting, article is neutral and I see no issues with plagairism. (& I learnt something new!) (Lajmmoore (talk) 08:06, 19 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]

@Lajmmoore: In future, please review each article in a multiple nomination individually so the promoter can see what you've reviewed and also so you can claim each review as a QPQ. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:56, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, Thanks for the pointer - I hadn't realised that. Will do that in future, Lajmmoore (talk) 14:00, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]