Template:Did you know nominations/Carl H. Lindroth

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Carl H. Lindroth[edit]

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~~... that the Swedish entomologist Carl H. Lindroth (1905–1979) wrote a children's book Myran Emma (1948) which was adapted into a short animated film in 1989?~~ [1][2]
- ALT1:~~... that the Swedish entomologist Carl H. Lindroth (1905–1979) suggested that nearly 43 species of North American ground beetles were introduced from Europe through ship ballast?~~ Lindroth, C. H. (1968). Distribution and Distributional Centers of North Atlantic Insects. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, 14(2):91–95. doi:10.1093/besa/14.2.91

Created by Shyamal (talk). Self-nominated at 05:16, 14 May 2019 (UTC).

I did a little copyedit of the article. Newly created article, over 1500 characters, cited and interesting hook, article follows all guidelines. QPQ is due. RRD (talk) 04:29, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

A bit of newbie at DYK, I have reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/De novo gene birth. Hope that solves the QPQ question. Shyamal (talk) 09:39, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

QPQ done, so good to go. I prefer ALT0 as the hook - the unusual combination of "entomologist" and "short film animation" should draw attention.Felixkrater (talk) 18:36, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Returned from prep. I came across ALT0 in the prep set and removed all the extraneous dates and names that don't have Wikipedia pages, coming up with:
ALT0a: ~~... that a children's book by Swedish entomologist Carl H. Lindroth was adapted into a short animated film in 1989?~~
Personally, I don't think this is hooky at all. The contrast between an entomologist and a children's book is hooky enough, but I would like to see some description of what this book was about in the hook. IMO ALT1 is a much better hook. Looking at the article, I see that the (rather long) first paragraph under Life and work has no citations, per Rule D2. Yoninah (talk) 12:54, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

I have added citations. I have not seen the book contents itself but it would seem to be a story based on insect life. Myran is apparently an ant. (based on Google Translate) Shyamal (talk) 13:43, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I edited and wikified the whole article. It needs an infobox, and if you can find one, a photo. Otherwise it looks good. Let's go with the ALT1 hook, though the wording is incorrect. It wasn't introduced through ship ballast, but transported in ship ballast. Here is a rewording, without the birth/death dates and with a new link:
ALT1a: .. that Swedish entomologist Carl H. Lindroth suggested that ~~nearly 43~~more than 40 species of North American ground beetles were inadvertently transported from Europe in ship ballast?
The offline hook refs are AGF and cited inline. Rest of review per Felixkrater. ALT1a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

One second. What does "nearly 43 species" mean? 42? 40? Can we say, based on the source, "more than 40"? Yoninah (talk) 18:38, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: The new wording looks fine. "More than 40" would be ok too. I used "nearly" because taxonomic treatments tend to change over time. Shyamal (talk) 02:55, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I changed it in the article, too. Restoring tick for ALT1a. Yoninah (talk) 09:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)