Template:Did you know nominations/Camas pocket gopher

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 Fuebaey (talk) 06:13, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Camas pocket gopher

edit

Camas pocket gopher

PROMOTED TO GA by Gaff (talk). Self nominated at 05:15, 3 December 2014 (UTC).

  • Promoted to GA on day of nomination. Most certainly long enough, and is otherwise within policy. I reviewed ALT2, as my preferred hook. This hook is directly cited, and is within approved format. QPQ complete. Entire article well cited (of course, its a GA fer cryin' out loud). No copyright concerns. Image is likewise free of copyright issues, but I'm not certain it displays well at a small size, mostly due to heavy shadow and odd angle of head. I will leave that up to the compiler. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Alt images: Gaff ταλκ 19:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Cropped: left|100x100px|Camas pocket gopher
Alternate image (can also be cropped: left|100x100px|Camas pocket gopher
I'd suggest a more severe crop to get in close on the pearly whites. Also, how about a pic of the gopher actually in someone's pocket? EEng (talk) 20:22, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
left|100x100px|Camas pocket gopher
left|100x100px|Camas pocket gopher
I prefer crop 2 (the first of the above), that displays rather well. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:02, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
  • Okay, then sounds like we are go with:

Camas pocket gopher

  • ALT2: ... that the Camas pocket gopher has been described as "morose and savage", yet can be tamed in captivity? Gaff ταλκ 05:17, 8 December 2014 (UTC)