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Thanks! Fixed! OtterAM (talk) 12:53, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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I've posted a reply on the nomination page. Could you please clarify your comments so that I can better make the required changes? Best, OtterAM (talk) 00:35, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Do any of the cites verify the hook? Ṫ Ḧ ^{the joy of the LORD}_{my strength} 14:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

I clarified the citations for the hook and added a few more hook options... See the DYK discussion page. OtterAM (talk) 20:22, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:01, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Acanthinodera cumingii

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Female Acanthinodera cumingii.

• ... that the larva of the beetle Acanthinodera cumingii can reach 13 cm long? Source: "Todo su desarrollo ocurre en el interior del tronco. Allí crece hasta alcanzar unos 13 cm de largo." English: Its entire development occurs inside the trunk. There it grows until reaching about 13 cm long. ([1])
  • ALT1:... that the larva of the beetle Acanthinodera cumingii feed on dead wood? Source: "A. cumingii pasa la mayor parte de su vida como larva, alimentándose de madera al interior de troncos en descomposición (Porter, 1933)." English: A. cumingii spends most of its life as a larva, feeding on wood inside decaying logs (Porter, 1933). ([2])

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dickie Dick Dickens

5x expanded by OtterAM (talk). Self-nominated at 16:55, 13 November 2016 (UTC).

• This is an interesting article, expanded 5X within the last 5 days, therefore it is new enough and long enough. The article is neutrally written, and each paragraph has an inline citation. (a citation for the last sentence in "Conservation" would be nice, though). I find no close paraphrasing in the article. The main hook is interesting (the larvae is larger than either male or female adult). I don't find ALT1 compelling in any way, so I'd not use that. The hook is within policy regarding length/objectivity. The image is properly designated Creative Commons, so no issue there. The problem is that the hook is nowhere to be found in the article! You've sourced it in your nomination, why not add it to the article? 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:56, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks for your review. I've added the line you requested to the article under the section Life Cycle. OtterAM (talk) 17:12, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

• We're getting real close here. My last concern has to do with the word "enormous" which is now contained in the sentence which is directly related to the hook. While I think 13cm makes the hook interesting, "enormous" is a superlative that might not really apply. What does the source use any superlatives regarding the size of the larvae? Thanks! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 23:25, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

• I removed the word "enormous" in reference to the larva. On the related issue of size, I added a sentence to the article's opening stating that the beetle is one of the largest in Chile, with a reference to a Chilean Ministry of the Environment fact sheet. OtterAM (talk) 13:04, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

• This is good to go. Hook is directly tied and accurate to the source, no further concerns. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:16, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Acanthinodera cumingii

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Done. OtterAM (talk) 17:41, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Acanthinodera cumingii

On 2 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Acanthinodera cumingii, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the larva of the beetle Acanthinodera cumingii can reach 13 centimetres (5 in) in length? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Acanthinodera cumingii. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Acanthinodera cumingii), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Thanks, I'll make the suggested changes as soon as possible. OtterAM (talk) 15:38, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

OtterAM, have you completed the changes yet? (I notice you've made some edits to the article.) If so, please post that you've done so on the nomination template; if not, a brief progress report there would be helpful. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

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Great. Thanks for the links! OtterAM (talk) 00:56, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Turkish border killings 2018

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CentreLeftRight ✉ 05:17, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Quds Day

is covered by the 1RR. You are currently at 2 reverts. nableezy - 19:58, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Actually zero reverts. OtterAM (talk) 19:58, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Really? Good luck with that argument. More reverts will result in a report. nableezy - 20:31, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

I undid somebody's edit ONCE. And, that was to offer up an alternative suggestion, not a revision to a previous version. OtterAM (talk) 20:34, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

And prior to that you removed material on it being a protest against the occupation of East Jerusalem, which has previously been discussed on the talk page for example here. Every year somebody thinks that because they see this in the news that they must remove facts in an encyclopedia article they dislike. I was hoping that wouldnt happen again this year, but alas you proved me wrong. nableezy - 20:57, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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You've got this 100% backwards. This article is an embarrassment to Wikipedia in its present state. According to your version, Quds Day is primarily a festival for Berlin Jews who hate Israel rather than a political gimmick of the extremist regime presently in control of Iran. We could have worked this out with the RfC that I started, but instead you resort to violations of the page's 1 revert rule. OtterAM (talk) 05:57, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Are you going to enhance the quality of the article by committing Original Research? You've fabricated self made materials and pushed them in the article. Don't do that again. --Mhhossein ^talk 17:27, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

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If you do not self-revert soon I will be reporting you. nableezy - 02:26, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

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Acanthinodera cumingii

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thank you for your work on Wikipedia. It is greatly appreciated. Just now I came across a page move from some years ago, of the article Acanthinodera cumingii [3], which I would like to run by you. You indicated the reason, that the article is about the species. I would like to undo this page move. That is because this is a monotypic genus, meaning there is only a single species in this genus. As such, our guidelines indicate we should describe both the genus and species in a single article: "In such a case, the ranks with identical member organisms should not be separated into different articles". Moreover, the naming convention says that the name should be that of the genus: "the article... ...should go under the scientific name of lowest rank, but no lower than the monotypic genus."

I hope to hear back from you, whether or not you agree with this move. Ofcourse I can make the necessary changes to the article text afterwards. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 07:01, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Taketa: Sounds fine. Go ahead. OtterAM (talk) 02:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

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