Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/013

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;{{big|April 2020—Issue 013}}

;{{huge|Tree of Life}}

;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|GA}} Danuvius guggenmosi by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|J Milburn}}

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

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

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

{{icon|GA}} Ichthyovenator by {{noping|PaleoGeekSquared}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Secretarybird by {{noping|LittleJerry|Aa77zz|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|The Rambling Man}}

{{icon|GA}} James John Joicey by {{noping|RLO1729}}, reviewed by {{noping|The Rambling Man}}

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

{{icon|GA}} Vermilion flycatcher by {{noping|CaptainEek}}, reviewed by {{noping|HickoryOughtShirt?4}}

{{icon|GA}} Canada lynx by {{noping|Sainsf}}, reviewed by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}

{{icon|GA}} Alice Gray by {{noping|Rhododendrites}}, reviewed by {{noping|The Rambling Man}}

{{icon|GA}} Caryodendron orinocense by {{noping|CPC273}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Jaguarundi by {{noping|Sainsf}}, reviewed by {{noping|Usernameunique}}

{{icon|GA}} Gigantopithecus by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Starsandwhales}}

{{icon|GA}} Denisovan by {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, reviewed by {{noping|Starsandwhales}}

{{icon|GA}} Disease X by {{noping|Britishfinance}}, reviewed by {{noping|DannyS712}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Lythronax by {{noping|FunkMonk|Lythronaxargestes|IJReid}}

{{icon|FAC}} Ichthyovenator by {{noping|PaleoGeekSquared}}

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

{{icon|FAC}} Alpine newt by {{noping|Tylototriton}}

{{icon|FAC}} Secretarybird by {{noping|LittleJerry|Aa77zz|Casliber}}

{{icon|FLC}} List of ursids by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|GAN}} Borchgrevinkium by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Caryodendron orinocense by {{noping|CPC273}}

{{icon|GAN}} Siamosaurus by {{noping|PaleoGeekSquared}}

{{icon|GAN}} Canada lynx by {{noping|Sainsf}}

{{icon|GAN}} Vietnam mouse-deer by {{noping|Sainsf}}

{{icon|GAN}} Jaguarundi by {{noping|Sainsf}}

{{icon|GAN}} Vermilion flycatcher by {{noping|CaptainEek}}

{{icon|GAN}} Alice Gray by {{noping|Rhododendrites}}

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

{{icon|GAN}} Paleobiota of the Posidonia Shale by {{noping|Yewtharaptor}}

{{icon|GAN}} Meerkat by {{noping|Sainsf}}

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

*WikiProject Birds gained a new task force. A discussion determined that WikiProject Poultry might be more successful as a task force, with the move completed 15 April.

Round 2 of the WikiCup wrapped up this month. Several editors moved on to Round 3 by scoring points in biodiversity-related areas, including {{noping|Sainsf}}, {{noping|Casliber}}, {{noping|Dunkleosteus77}}, {{noping|CaptainEek}}, {{noping|Guettarda}}, and {{noping|Enwebb}}. Dunkleosteus77 finished at the top of the Tree of Life pack with 608 points, finishing 9th overall in the round.
After a relatively quiet February and March, with only 11 total articles nominated for GA and none for FAC, April brought a shower of nominations. In total, 5 articles were nominated for FAC, 1 for FLC, and 11 for GA.

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| style="text-align:center;" | Tree of Life's growing featured content

Inspired by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine/Archive_134 March 2020] post at WikiProject Medicine detailing the growth of Featured Articles over time, we decided to reproduce that table here, adding a second table showing the growth of Good Articles. Tree of Life articles are placed in the "Biology" category for FAs, which has seen a growth of 381% since 2008. Only two other subjects had a greater growth than Biology: Business, economics, and finance; and Warfare.

Percentage Growth in FA Categories, 2008–2019, Legend: {{pb}}{{highlight|Considerably above average|lightblue}}, {{highlight|Above average|#00FF00}}, {{highlight|Average}} {{pb}} {{highlight|Below average |pink}}, {{highlight|Considerably below average|orange}}, {{highlight|Poor|violet}}

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!Featured Article Category as of

![http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=193385232 Feb 23,
2008]

![http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&diff=prev&oldid=238714581 Sep 16,
2008]

![http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=385247348 Sep 16,
2010]

! [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=463382479 Dec 1,
2011]

! [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=640241562 Jan 1,
2015]

! [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&oldid=933444106 Jan 1,
2020]

! Pct chg
Feb 2008
to 2011

! Pct chg
Feb 2008
to 2020

Art, architecture and archaeology

|align="right" | 65

|align="right" | 72

|align="right" | 117

|align="right" | 128

|align="right" | 175

|align="right" | 271

|align="right" | 97%

|align="right" | {{highlight|317%|#00FF00}}

Awards, decorations and vexillology

|align="right" | 24

|align="right" | 26

|align="right" | 28

|align="right" | 27

|align="right" | 26

|align="right" | 24

|align="right" | 1.3%

|align="right" | {{highlight|0%|violet}}

Biology

|align="right" | 130

|align="right" | 155

|align="right" | 261

|align="right" | 326

|align="right" | 456

|align="right" | 625

|align="right" | 151%

|align="right" | {{highlight|381%|#00FF00}}

Business, economics and finance

|align="right" | 16

|align="right" | 19

|align="right" | 22

|align="right" | 44

|align="right" | 73

|align="right" | 116

|align="right" | 175%

|align="right" | {{highlight|625%|lightblue}}

Chemistry and mineralogy

|align="right" | 29

|align="right" | 31

|align="right" | 34

|align="right" | 37

|align="right" | 40

|align="right" | 46

|align="right" | 28%

|align="right" | {{highlight|59%|orange}}

Computing

|align="right" | 17

|align="right" | 18

|align="right" | 16

|align="right" | 14

|align="right" | 5.9%

|align="right" | {{highlight|−18%|violet}}

Culture and society

|align="right" | 40

|align="right" | 48

|align="right" | 61

|align="right" | 65

|align="right" | 77

|align="right" | 104^B

|align="right" | 63%

|align="right" | {{highlight|160%|pink}}

Education

|align="right" | 30

|align="right" | 34

|align="right" | 36

|align="right" | 38

|align="right" | 40

|align="right" | 27%

|align="right" | {{highlight|33%|orange}}

Engineering and technology

|align="right" | 35

|align="right" | 37

|align="right" | 38

|align="right" | 40

|align="right" | 43

|align="right" | 49

|align="right" | 14%

|align="right" | {{highlight|40%|orange}}

Food and drink

|align="right" | 11

|align="right" | 9

|align="right" | 13

|align="right" | 17

|align="right" | 21^B

|align="right" | 18%

|align="right" | {{highlight|91%|orange}}

Geography and places

|align="right" | 148

|align="right" | 158

|align="right" | 181

|align="right" | 185

|align="right" | 213

|align="right" | 232

|align="right" | 25%

|align="right" | {{highlight|57%|orange}}

Geology and geophysics

|align="right" | 9

|align="right" | 12

|align="right" | 18

|align="right" | 20

|align="right" | 23

|align="right" | 29

|align="right" | 122%

|align="right" | {{highlight|222%|#00FF00}}

Health and medicine

|align="right" | 31

|align="right" | 36

|align="right" | 42

|align="right" | 43

|align="right" | 51

|align="right" | 52

|align="right" | 39%

|align="right" | {{highlight|68%|orange}}

History

|align="right" | 146

|align="right" | 154

|align="right" | 189

|align="right" | 201

|align="right" | 239

|align="right" | 308

|align="right" | 38%

|align="right" | {{highlight|111%|pink}}

Language and linguistics

|align="right" | 17

|align="right" | 15

|align="right" | 13

|align="right" | 12

|align="right" | 15

|align="right" | −24%

|align="right" | {{highlight|−12%|violet}}

Law

|align="right" | 29

|align="right" | 34

|align="right" | 41

|align="right" | 49

|align="right" | 65

|align="right" | 72

|align="right" | 69%

|align="right" | {{highlight|148%|pink}}

Literature and theatre

|align="right" | 108

|align="right" | 134

|align="right" | 161

|align="right" | 191

|align="right" | 258

|align="right" | 316^B

|align="right" | 77%

|align="right" | {{highlight|193%}}

Mathematics

|align="right" | 13

|align="right" | 14

|align="right" | 19

|align="right" | 17

|align="right" | 18

|align="right" | 31%

|align="right" | {{highlight|38%|orange}}

Media

|align="right" | 159

|align="right" | 171

|align="right" | 221

|align="right" | 231

|align="right" | 324

|align="right" | 424

|align="right" | 45%

|align="right" | {{highlight|167%|pink}}

Meteorology

|align="right" | 61

|align="right" | 78

|align="right" | 111

|align="right" | 126

|align="right" | 147

|align="right" | 168

|align="right" | 107%

|align="right" | {{highlight|175%|pink}}

Music

|align="right" | 153

|align="right" | 182

|align="right" | 232

|align="right" | 254

|align="right" | 331

|align="right" | 398

|align="right" | 66%

|align="right" | {{highlight|160%|pink}}

Philosophy and psychology

|align="right" | 12

|align="right" | 13

|align="right" | 12

|align="right" | 14

|align="right" | 0%

|align="right" | {{highlight|17%|orange}}

Physics and astronomy

|align="right" | 67

|align="right" | 82

|align="right" | 98

|align="right" | 101

|align="right" | 127

|align="right" | 153

|align="right" | 51%

|align="right" | {{highlight|128%|pink}}

Politics and government

|align="right" | 62

|align="right" | 67

|align="right" | 98

|align="right" | 117

|align="right" | 166

|align="right" | 217

|align="right" | 89%

|align="right" | {{highlight|250%|#00FF00}}

Religion, mysticism and mythology

|align="right" | 36

|align="right" | 44

|align="right" | 73

|align="right" | 84

|align="right" | 105

|align="right" | 121

|align="right" | 133%

|align="right" | {{highlight|236%|#00FF00}}

Royalty, nobility and heraldry

|align="right" | 75

|align="right" | 90

|align="right" | 94

|align="right" | 108

|align="right" | 124

|align="right" | 173

|align="right" | 44%

|align="right" | {{highlight|131%|pink}}

Sport and recreation

|align="right" | 119

|align="right" | 162

|align="right" | 268

|align="right" | 298

|align="right" | 365

|align="right" | 449

|align="right" | 150%

|align="right" | {{highlight|277%|#00FF00}}

Transport

|align="right" | 47

|align="right" | 74

|align="right" | 107

|align="right" | 128

|align="right" | 171

|align="right" | 213

|align="right" | 172%

|align="right" | {{highlight|353%|#00FF00}}

Video gaming

|align="right" | 72

|align="right" | 96

|align="right" | 127

|align="right" | 137

|align="right" | 180

|align="right" | 222

|align="right" | 90%

|align="right" | {{highlight|208%}}

Warfare

|align="right" | 145

|align="right" | 173

|align="right" | 318

|align="right" | 366

|align="right" | 537

|align="right" | 729

|align="right" | 152%

|align="right" | {{highlight|403%|lightblue}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|1,906}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|2,239}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|3,046}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|3,417}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|4,431}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|5,695 ^A}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|79.3%}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|198.8%}}

Note A: Total is off by one; not worth looking for the error.
Note B Three food biographies moved [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_articles&diff=937075606&oldid=937022202] per discussion at [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates&oldid=937042512#Discussion_of_FA_category_growth/stagnation WT:FAC]
Note: The very odd dates used in earlier years result from pulling old data from the talk page at WP:FAS.

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!Good Article Category as of

!Feb 23,
2008

!Sep 16,
2008

!Sep 16,
2010

!Dec 1,
2011

!Jan 1,
2015

!Jan 1,
2020

!Pct chg
Feb 2008
to 2011

!Pct chg
Feb 2008
to 2020

Agriculture, food and drink

|align="right" | 27

|align="right" | 34

|align="right" | 37

|align="right" | 55

|align="right" | 113

|align="right" | 226

|align="right" | 104%

|align="right" | {{highlight|737%}}

Art and architecture

|align="right" | 134

|align="right" | 188

|align="right" | 321

|align="right" | 450

|align="right" | 683

|align="right" | 1022

|align="right" | 236%

|align="right" | {{highlight|663%|pink}}

Engineering and technology

|align="right" | 256

|align="right" | 396

|align="right" | 882

|align="right" | 1198

|align="right" | 1828

|align="right" | 2407

|align="right" | 368%

|align="right" | {{highlight|840%|#00FF00}}

Geography and places

|align="right" | 191

|align="right" | 248

|align="right" | 424

|align="right" | 523

|align="right" | 716

|align="right" | 1052

|align="right" | 174%

|align="right" | {{highlight|451%|orange}}

History

|align="right" | 261

|align="right" | 312

|align="right" | 651

|align="right" | 825

|align="right" | 1219

|align="right" | 1894

|align="right" | 216%

|align="right" | {{highlight|626%|pink}}

Language and literature

|align="right" | 173

|align="right" | 215

|align="right" | 377

|align="right" | 462

|align="right" | 686

|align="right" | 982

|align="right" | 167%

|align="right" | {{highlight|468%|orange}}

Mathematics

|align="right" | 19

|align="right" | 22

|align="right" | 27

|align="right" | 30

|align="right" | 36

|align="right" | 67

|align="right" | 58%

|align="right" | {{highlight|253%|violet}}

Media and drama

|align="right" | 403

|align="right" | 658

|align="right" | 1352

|align="right" | 1300

|align="right" | 3070

|align="right" | 3961

|align="right" | 223%

|align="right" | {{highlight|883%|#00FF00}}

Music

|align="right" | 357

|align="right" | 527

|align="right" | 997

|align="right" | 1437

|align="right" | 2532

|align="right" | 3892

|align="right" | 303%

|align="right" | {{highlight|990%|#00FF00}}

Natural sciences

|align="right" | 544

|align="right" | 686

|align="right" | 1275

|align="right" | 1717

|align="right" | 2404

|align="right" | 3426

|align="right" | 216%

|align="right" | {{highlight|530%|pink}}

Philosophy and religion

|align="right" | 134

|align="right" | 174

|align="right" | 244

|align="right" | 294

|align="right" | 365

|align="right" | 557

|align="right" | 119%

|align="right" | {{highlight|316%|orange}}

Social sciences and society

|align="right" | 468

|align="right" | 549

|align="right" | 790

|align="right" | 998

|align="right" | 1430

|align="right" | 1854

|align="right" | 113%

|align="right" | {{highlight|296%|violet}}

Sports and recreation

|align="right" | 384

|align="right" | 546

|align="right" | 1074

|align="right" | 1402

|align="right" | 2350

|align="right" | 3802

|align="right" | 265%

|align="right" | {{highlight|890%|#00FF00}}

Video games

|align="right" | 168

|align="right" | 220

|align="right" | 373

|align="right" | 443

|align="right" | 684

|align="right" | 1349

|align="right" | 164%

|align="right" | {{highlight|703%}}

Warfare

|align="right" | 155

|align="right" | 241

|align="right" | 989

|align="right" | 1654

|align="right" | 2544

|align="right" | 3996

|align="right" | 967%

|align="right" | {{highlight|2478%|lightblue}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|3674}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|5016}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|9813}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|12788}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|20660}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|30487}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|248%}}

|align="right" | {{highlight|730%}}

Organisms*

|align="right" | 119

|align="right" | 130

|align="right" | 402

|align="right" | 528

|align="right" | 685

|align="right" | 1017

|align="right" | 344%

|align="right" | {{highlight|755%|#00FF00}}

*subset of natural sciences

Unsurprisingly, the number of GAs has increased more rapidly than the number of FAs. Organisms, which is a subcategory of Natural sciences, has seen a GA growth of 755% since 2008, besting the Natural sciences overall growth of 530%. While Warfare had far and away the most significant growth of GAs, it's a clear outlier relative to other categories.

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

{{main page image|image=Jenny, the first orangutan at London Zoo (cropped).jpg|caption=Jenny|width=120 }}

{{main page image|image=Lophostoma.jpg|caption=White-throated round-eared bat|width=120}}

{{main page image|image=Formica fusca and mealy bugs.jpg|caption=Formica fusca ants tending mealybugs|width=120}}

... that the human-like behaviour of Jenny (depicted), a resident of London Zoo, reinforced Charles Darwin's view that humans were "created from animals"? (3 April)
... that white-throated round-eared bats (example pictured) roost in cavities in active termite mounds excavated by the males? (4 April)
... that flatter mires in montane regions of Europe are often dominated by deergrass and cottongrass? (5 April)
... that the white-browed tit-warbler has been found to practice cooperative breeding? (6 April)
... that most species in the palm genus Desmoncus climb using grappling hook–like structures called acanthopylls? (7 April)
... that some ants herd scale insects (example pictured)? (10 April)
... that birds, bats and humans are the main hosts of members of the bed bug family? (12 April)
... that the sponge Aplysina cavernicola (pictured) has been used as a model organism to monitor the presence of isotopes such as americium-241 in seawater? (16 April)
... that although the alpine bartsia has a wide range in Europe and North America, it is known in the British Isles only from a few locations in northern England and the central Scottish Highlands? (19 April)
... that the orange-band surgeonfish (pictured) can change colour from dark to light almost instantaneously? (21 April)
... that the parasitic greater broomrape usually grows on the roots of the common broom or the European gorse? (24 April)
... that the tree Macaranga triloba encourages the ants that defend it by providing them with food bodies? (25 April)
... that amateur entomologist James John Joicey had a collection of 1.5 million butterflies? (28 April)
... that the globe chamomile (pictured), a member of the daisy family native to South Africa, infests parts of Arizona and California? (28 April)
... that the bicoloured sedge (pictured) was part of an attempted botanical fraud? (30 April)

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|Gelber Schwamm an der Südküste von Mykonos.jpg|A. cavernicola

|Acanthurus olivaceus 1.jpg|Orange-band surgeonfish

|Broktarr - Carex bicolor-1 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg|Bicoloured sedge

|Onchosiphon piluliferum - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg|Globe chamomile blooms

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