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Did you know... that Inky the octopus attracted worldwide media attention after escaping from the National Aquarium of New Zealand?

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 21:29, 15 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that Inky the octopus attracted worldwide media attention after escaping from the National Aquarium of New Zealand?

Source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/inky-the-great-escape-octopus-global-star/JSNDRN4MKP3L4EJBQPD5NCJF6U/

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Allbirds

Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 02:30, 24 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

The article is new enough and neutral. After using Earwig's Copyvio tool, it does not appear that there are any major copyright violation issues with it. It is long enough and both the article and hook are properly cited. The hook is also interesting and QPQ has been satisfied. Overall, I see no reason not to approve this submission. JJonahJackalope (talk) 14:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

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