Talk:Munida gregaria

A fact from Munida gregaria appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that shoals of Munida gregaria, the gregarious squat lobster, can be up to 5 km (3.1 mi) long?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Evrik (talk) 20:42, 30 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Gregarious squat lobster in hand

... that shoals of Munida gregaria (pictured), the gregarious squat lobster, can be up to 5 km (3.1 mi) long? Source: "from an aircraft you can see these formations which may only be about 10 metres wide but about 5km long" Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/108717882/the-thrill-of-lobster-krill-turns-seas-red-in-tasman-bay
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5x expanded by Marshelec (talk). Self-nominated at 08:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Starting Review--Kev min § 18:51, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article expansion is recent enough and long enough, but I have concerns about close paraphrasing between the source material and the article. There is very little original wording, and only minor shuffling of phrase positioning between the Stuff article and the wiki article.--Kev min § 22:51, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article expansion is recent enough and long enough, hook is cited and sourced. The sources are reliable and NPOV. The close paraphrasing has been addressed, and the image is main page compatible. Editor is exempt from QPQ. Looks good to go. --Kev min § 14:41, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking feedback[edit]

@Schwede66: Thanks for encouraging me to give this a go. It was easy :). Do I need to add a comment that I have only 2 DYK nomination credits to this point (and therefore exempt from QPQ ?) --Marshelec (talk) 08:21, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that would be good to point out. Then again, a reviewer should be able to see that as there's a tool that checks this. Schwede 66 09:01, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]