Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/022

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;{{big|September 2023—Issue 022}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FL}} List of cercopithecoids by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|FL}} List of tapaculos by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|FA}} Polar bear by {{noping|Little Jerry}}

{{icon|FA}} Ohmdenosaurus by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Amargatitanis by {{noping|Augustios Paleo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Teloschistaceae by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Holozoa by {{noping|Snoteleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} Ashy flycatcher by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Nyctibatrachus radcliffei by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Carcharodontosaurus by {{noping|Augustios Paleo}}, reviewed by {{noping|SilverTiger12}}

{{icon|GA}} Life by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Apatosaurinae by {{noping|Augustios Paleo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Hypericum perforatum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Femke}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Mountain pigeon by {{noping|AryKun}}

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

{{icon|FLC}} List of cranes by {{noping|AryKun}}

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

{{icon|GAN}} Lycorma meliae by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Aristonectes by {{noping|Amirani1746}}

{{icon|GAN}} Animal echolocation by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hyalospheniidae by {{noping|Snoteleks}}

{{icon|GAN}} Buellia frigida by {{noping|Esculenta}}

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Contest results

The first edition of our new monthly contest had perhaps a little less participation than I hoped for, but it still resulted in a huge amount of content work, mainly focussed on de-stubbing articles on little-known species, although we did also see two GAs for Holozoa and Hypericum perforatum. Overall, over 60 articles were improved, with most going from stubs or redlinks to fully fleshed out articles. The winner this month was {{noping|Simongraham}}, who improved 21 articles about spiders, mainly to B and C class, and racked up 70 points, over twice the next highest. Hopefully, we'll continue to see such great work next month, with even more participants and even more articles improved.

Also anyone who wants to help coordinate the contest can just drop by at the talk page, I really need help.

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September DYKs

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... that with all known Palaeorehniidae fossils (example pictured) being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain? (September 2)
... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? (September 3)
... that the Munich Mouser, Neville Chamberlain's pet, and Nelson, Winston Churchill's pet, had a rivalry during World War II? (September 6)
... that Phallichthys (literally 'penis fish') species are so called because the males (example pictured) have "comparatively huge" sex appendages? (September 8)
... that merry widows like soft bottoms? (September 10)
... that Mimodactylus (reconstruction pictured) is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent? * ... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than larger males, to facilitate mating with females that flee from them? (September 12)
... that the dwarf merry widow is not very brave? (September 13)
... that dwarf mollies hit rock bottom when they grow up? (September 14)
... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them? (September 15)
... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is "cuter"? (September 18)
... that the spiky inedible grass Triodia scintillans tastes like salt and vinegar chips? (September 19)
... that the bicolor molly inevitably goes off the deep end in adulthood? (September 27)
... that the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only known nesting area for the eastern great egret in New Zealand? (September 28)

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