Talk:Paramacrobiotus pius

Did you know nomination

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. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by DimensionalFusion (talk) 22:32, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that a species of tardigrade got its name because it was found near an old monastery? Source: Lisi, Oscar; Binda, Maria Grazia; Pilato, Giovanni (14 April 2016). "Eremobiotus ginevrae sp. nov. and Paramacrobiotus pius sp. nov., two new species of Eutardigrada". Zootaxa. 4103 (4). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.4.3. "The name pius (meaning: holy, devoutly religious) refers to the fact that the population was found in a moss sample collected in the neighbourhood of the ancient former monastery of Gangivecchio (Gangi, Palermo)."
• Alt0a: ... that Paramacrobiotus pius got its name because it was found near an old monastery? Source: same as alt0
  • Comment: This happens to be my first DYK nomination. The source is not open access, but I can provide quotes if requested.

Created by Chess enjoyer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Chess enjoyer (talk) 17:26, 29 August 2026 (UTC).

• I think it's pretty common for species names to be based on their location. Not DYK worthy imo (t · c) buIdhe 01:31, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Starting review, ignoring drive by opinion by Buidhe that does not reflect in practice actions of DYK.--Kevmin § 02:56, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
    • If we're promoting non-interesting hooks that is a problem with nominations, because it goes against the DYK rules. (t · c) buIdhe 03:22, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
      • DYK:INT is highly contentious in the project atm, with more and more rejection of it as an acceptable decline reason. Additionally my person experience as a 90% fossil taxon article writer/nominator, regularly the name origin/reason is suggested as better than other hooks provided.--Kevmin § 03:38, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

  Would Alt1: ... that Paramacrobiotus pius was described over a decade after its type specimens were collected? be better? They were collected in 2002 and described in 2016, so I think this is an acceptable routine calculation. Chess enjoyer (talk) 04:01, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

• Article is long enough and moved to live recently enough. Article is neutral, and verified to sources as reproduced by Zenodo in free to access. Both hooks are neutral and supported by the source. no clop or copyvio issues identified. No QPQ required for nom. Good to go, with a recommendation to Alt0.--Kevmin § 15:54, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

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@Chess enjoyer: I would suggest taking a look through this open access paper that discusses the species and the genus and make some more additions to the article before I go to far with the DYK nomination review.--Kevmin § 03:04, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

I originally skipped that source because MDPI is yellow at RSP. I just glanced over it, and I'm not seeing any new information about this species in particular. It includes a species key which distinguishes P. pius through the length of the macroplacoid relative to the length of the buccal tube, but I think that's the most I could add from it. Chess enjoyer (talk) 03:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

The source gives a general overview of the genus diversity and the likely species group relations, plus as I noted in the edit summary, species notability is being looked at closer with the discussion of N:SPECIES, where a heavy emphasis was discussed regarding secondary papers also discussing a species, not jus the type description. While not adding a heavy amount of new material it adds to the validity of the species.--Kevmin § 03:35, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

You probably meant to link to WP:NSPECIES. I made the minor addition I mentioned earlier. Chess enjoyer (talk) 03:54, 30 August 2026 (UTC)