Template:Did you know nominations/Introduction of species to Mana Island
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:12, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
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Introduction of species to Mana Island
Mana Island (foreground)
- ... that Nigel, "the world's loneliest gannet", attempted to mate with a concrete decoy bird on Mana Island, New Zealand (island pictured)? "The World's Loneliest Gannet Has Died by The Side of His Only Love" from: Brulliard, Karin (3 February 2018). "The World's Loneliest Gannet Has Died by The Side of His Only Love". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 May 2020.and "He quickly took a liking to one of the concrete replicas ... He was seen wooing her by preening her. Nigel was also seen trying to mate with her" from: Joseph, Yonette (4 February 2018). "The Life and Death of Nigel, the World's Loneliest Seabird". The New York Times.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC).
- newness = moved to mainspace yesterday
- length = plenty long enough
- sourced = nicely referenced
- neutral = no issues
- plagiarismfree = Earwig's Copyvio Detector was happy
- policyother = I've posted some thoughts on the article's talk page; those issues are unrelated to the DYK process.
- hookcited = All good.
- hookinterest = The hook is brilliant.
- qpq = done
- status =
- comments = It's a very nice piece of work! You should add a photo to this nomination (File:Mana and Kapiti Islands.jpg) because it would make a nice lead hook.
- sign = Schwede66 08:52, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
