Talk:The Making of a Fly

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Zzz plant (talk) 23:33, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that a book about fly biology was listed for sale for over $23 million (plus shipping)?

• Source: https://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2022 Bolt Creek Fire

Created by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.

ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:00, 20 March 2026 (UTC).

• Fun hook! Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced. No copyvio detected, although you could consider rephrasing "a common model organism in developmental biology." Source supports the hook. QPQ done. Per WP:MONEY, rephrase to $23 million rather than spelling out dollars. The book cover in the infobox needs to be downsized to comply with fair use. Once those are addressed, good to go! Spaghettifier talk 01:42, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

  @Spaghettifier: Hi, thanks for the review! I have rephrased the hook per WP:MONEY as you suggested. As for the image, I have already tagged the file page with Template:Non-free reduce, so its size will be reduced whenever the bot gets around to it; the template states "simply wait a while and a bot will resize the image file according to the guideline at WP:IMAGERES." I think that addresses the issues you brought up. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 01:48, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

  • @ArtemisiaGentileschiFan: Great, thanks! Spaghettifier talk 01:57, 20 March 2026 (UTC)