Template:Did you know nominations/Aphonopelma hollyi

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 12:35, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Aphonopelma hollyi

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• ... that the Lubbock gold tarantula (Aphonopelma hollyi) was named after rock & roll singer Buddy Holly?

• ALT1:... that the Texas-dwelling tarantula Aphonopelma hollyi was named after rock & roll singer Buddy Holly?
• Comment: September 7 is Buddy Holly's birthday, thus it would be a quirky honor have this on the main page then.
• Reviewed: Philip Lutgendorf

Created by Animalparty (talk). Self-nominated at 01:45, 20 July 2015 (UTC).

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: This article passes all core requirements for DYK. GTG.Georgejdorner (talk) 18:48, 20 July 2015 (UTC)