Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/010

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;{{big|January 2020—Issue 010}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FA}} Megarachne by {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}

{{icon|GA}} Christmas imperial pigeon by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Paranthropus by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|IJReid}}

{{icon|GA}} Orcinus meyeri by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Enwebb}}

{{icon|GA}} Christmas darter by {{noping|Enwebb}} and {{noping|Cwmhiraeth}}, reviewed by {{noping|J Milburn}}

{{icon|GA}} Saxifragales by {{noping|Michael Goodyear}}, reviewed by {{noping|starsandwhales}}

{{icon|GA}} Segnosaurus by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Dryopithecus by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Drosophila subobscura by {{noping|Andrewoh29}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Egyptian fruit bat by {{noping|Enwebb}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Scale insect by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}} and {{noping|Cwhmiraeth}}, reviewed by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Wolf by {{noping|LittleJerry}}

{{icon|FAC}} Segnosaurus by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|FAC}} The Goldfinch (painting) by {{noping|Jimfbleak}}

{{icon|FAC}} Dryomyza anilis by {{noping|AnuBalasubramanian}}

{{icon|GAN}} Pigs in culture by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GAN}} Coronariae by {{noping|Michael Goodyear}}

{{icon|GAN}} Neanderthal by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GAN}} Gharial by {{noping|BhagyaMani}}

{{icon|GAN}} Honeynut squash by {{noping|Ɱ}}

{{icon|GAN}} James John Joicey by {{noping|RLO1729}}

{{icon|GAN}} Gigantorhynchus by {{noping|Mattximus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Ardipithecus ramidus by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | News at a Glance

*In a major milestone for the automated taxobox system, more taxa articles now use automatic taxoboxes than manual ones. Particularly robust groups for automatic taxoboxes are turtles, primates, birds, rodents, amphibians and reptiles, sharks, and bivalves, with each project adopting automatic taxoboxes at rates greater than 95%. Only the fungi, arthropods, and microbiology projects had automatic taxobox adoption rates less than 25%. Read more in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Automated_taxobox_system&oldid=939179317 1 January update].

Thanks to user {{noping|Trappist the monk}}, all citations to the IUCN using Template:Cite web or Template:Cite journal have now been swapped to Template:Cite iucn. This will prevent a recurrence of massive link failure should the IUCN change its URL format again. That does not address the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=insource%3A%22iucn%22+insource%3A%2FDownloaded+on+%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D%3F+%5BA-Za-z%5D%2B+%5B0-9%5D%2B%2F&ns0=1 14.5k articles] that cite the IUCN without the use of templates. For more background discussion, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Trappist_the_monk&oldid=933727769#IUCN_template here] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tom.Reding&oldid=932521583#Help_with_dead_IUCN_links here].

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| style="text-align:center;" | Vital Articles

The vital articles project on English Wikipedia began in 2004 when an editor transferred a list from Meta-Wiki: List of articles every Wikipedia should have. The first incarnation of the list became what is now level 3. As of 2019, there are 5 levels of vital articles:

Level 1: the 10 most vital articles (2009)
Level 2: the 100 most vital articles (2009)
Level 3: the 1,000 most vital articles (2004)
Level 4: the 10,000 most vital articles (2006)
Level 5: the 50,000 most vital articles (2017)

Each level is inclusive of all previous levels, meaning that the 1,000 Level 3 articles include those listed on Levels 2 and 1. Below is an overview of the distribution of vital articles, and the quality of the articles. While the ultimate goal of the vital articles project is to have Featured-class articles, I also considered Good Articles to be "complete" for the purposes of this list.

{{center|Plants, fungi, and other organisms (510 designated out of projected 1,200)}}

{{progression|5|62|task=Other organisms—Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya (5/62)}}

Many articles have yet to be designated for Tree of Life taxonomic groups, with 1,942 outstanding articles to be added. Anyone can add vital articles to the list! Restructuring may be necessary, as the only viruses included as of yet are under the category "Health". The majority of vital articles needing improvement are level 5, but here are some outstanding articles from the other levels:

;Level 2

· Life {{icon|B}} ·

Human {{icon|B}} ·

Plant {{icon|C}}

;Level 3

· Abiogenesis {{icon|B}} ·

Death {{icon|C}} ·

Cell {{icon|C}} ·

Human evolution {{icon|C}} ·

Organism {{icon|B}} ·

Zoology {{icon|C}} ·

Cattle {{icon|B}} ·

Dog {{icon|B}} ·

Reptile {{icon|B}} ·

Flower {{icon|C}} ·

Nut {{icon|C}} ·

Seed {{icon|B}} ·

Algae {{icon|C}} ·

Eukaryote {{icon|B}} ·

Biodiversity {{icon|B}} ·

Extinction {{icon|B}} ·

Photosynthesis {{icon|C}}

;Level 4

· Sexual dimorphism {{icon|B}} ·

Feather {{icon|B}} ·

Fur {{icon|C}} ·

Hair {{icon|C}} ·

Gill {{icon|C}} ·

Plant anatomy {{icon|start}} ·

Plant morphology {{icon|B}} ·

Berry {{icon|B}} ·

Leaf {{icon|C}} ·

Root {{icon|B}} ·

Stoma {{icon|B}} ·

Shrub {{icon|start}} ·

Plant stem {{icon|B}} ·

Bark {{icon|C}} ·

Trunk {{icon|stub}} ·

Epidermis {{icon|C}} ·

Ground tissue {{icon|C}} ·

Meristem {{icon|C}} ·

Vascular tissue {{icon|Start}} ·

Vascular cambium {{icon|Start}} ·

Hypha {{icon|start}} ·

Mycelium {{icon|start}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | January DYKs

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{{main page image|image=Mandarin duck in Central Park (30282) - cropped.jpg|caption=The Central Park mandarin duck|title="Mandarin Patinkin", the Central Park mandarin duck, in 2018|width=x130}}

{{main page image|image=Christmas Red Crab.JPG|caption=Christmas Island red crab|width=160}}

{{main page image|image=Salvador Dali NYWTS.jpg|caption=Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot Babou|width=120}}

{{main page image|image=Leptoglossus gonagra - Philippines.jpg|caption=Passionvine bug|width=133x150}}

{{main page image|image=Tansy Beetle (Chrysolina Graminis) in York, UK (cropped).jpg|caption=Tansy beetle|width=120}}

{{main page image|image=Blancoa canescens - Winter Bell-2.JPG|caption=Winter bell|width=170}}

{{main page image|image=Acanthurus tennenti Kreisdorn-Doktorfisch3.jpg|caption=Doubleband surgeonfish|width=200}}

... that the extinct giant thresher shark Alopias palatasi is the only one of its kind to possess serrated teeth (pictured)? (1 January)
... that Dogor, an 18,000-year-old canine puppy, may represent a common ancestor of the dog and the wolf? (2 January)
... that the Caton Oak in Lancashire, England, was reputed to be a site of worship by druids? (4 January)
... that the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (pictured), one of the world's largest botanical libraries, had 6.5 million plant specimens and 75 percent of the world's systematic botany literature in 2002? (4 January)
... that Australian biologist Lee Berger identified Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis as being responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species? (5 January)
... that the beetle Zaitzevia thermae has a total habitat of less than {{convert|35|m2}} around one hot spring in Montana? (6 January)
... that the Anatolian frog is exported from Turkey to France, Italy and Switzerland for food, and is considered by the IUCN to be a near-threatened species? (6 January)
... that the stems and leaves of the endangered Holloway's crystalwort look as if they are covered in sugar crystals? (8 January)
... that a severe infestation of the palm weevil borer can kill its host palm? (9 January)
... that a mandarin duck (pictured) that appeared in New York City's Central Park became an international celebrity, with followers whom the Associated Press called "quackarazzi"? (10 January)
... that the Lac La Croix Indian Pony was recreated from a breeding population of four mares by crossing them with a Spanish Mustang? (11 January)
... that the female Savannah darter lays clutches of sticky eggs that she buries in gravel or sand? (12 January)
... that the Malayan banded pitta is threatened by the destruction of its forest habitat and by being targeted for the illegal trade in birds? (12 January)
... that in 2007, a rescued European bison calf dubbed Pubal grew so attached to humans in southeastern Poland that he could not be successfully reintegrated back into the wild? (13 January)
... that evolutionary biologist Rebecca Kilner has found that mites can give burying beetles a competitive advantage? (13 January)
... that jellyfish blooms can clog coastal power plants, causing losses of tens of thousands of US dollars per day? (14 January)
... that redbanded thrips are a significant pest of mango and cacao in the West Indies? (15 January)
... that the red crabs (example pictured) dominating the wildlife of Christmas Island have been threatened by the arrival of yellow crazy ants? (15 January)
... that Anisocentropus krampus was described in the same paper as other insects with monstrous names like Ganonema dracula and Anisocentropus golem? (16 January)
... that in France, the beetle Aepus marinus is restricted to a narrow strip of the beach near the high-water mark? (17 January)
... that the palm scale was first found on an endemic species of palm on the island of Réunion, but now infests plants in at least 78 families around the world? (17 January)
... that artist Salvador Dalí claimed that his pet ocelot (both pictured) was an ordinary domestic cat that he had "painted over in an op art design"? (18 January)
... that a whale found in western Vermont has presented further evidence of glaciation in New England? (19 January)
... that hosts of the passionvine bug (example pictured) include coffee, citrus, mung bean, squash, and mango? (21 January)
... that the lizard goby holds on to rocks in fast-flowing water by means of a "sucker" formed from two fins? (21 January)
... that the egg sacs of the newly discovered Phinda button spider are made of bright purple silk that fades to grey when it dries? (22 January)
... that the nationally rare tansy beetle (example pictured) survives at Acaster South Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near York, England? (23 January)
... that chitons, such as Acanthochitona crinita, are molluscs with a shell composed of eight separate articulating valves? (25 January)
... that the main pollinators of the winter bell (pictured) are the singing honeyeater and the red wattlebird? (26 January)
... that with a stretched length of up to {{cvt|20|cm|in|0}}, Pontobdella muricata is one of the largest marine leeches? (28 January)
... that not only does Couma utilis have edible fruit, its latex is used as a base for chewing gum, caulking boats, and whitewashing houses? (29 January)
... that the doubleband surgeonfish (example pictured) can turn a dark brown shade flushed with red or violet when stressed? (30 January)

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