Talk:Hippobosca longipennis

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A fact from Hippobosca longipennis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the parasitic fly Hippobosca longipennis has been found inside dog corpses from ancient Greece and on an ancient Egyptian mummified dog?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 15:08, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the parasitic fly Hippobosca longipennis has been found inside dog corpses from ancient Greece and on an ancient Egyptian mummified dog?

Reviewed: Eilidh McIntyre

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:29, 4 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Making this review without cracking a very immature joke is a true test of my self-control, so thanks for that. The hook isn't cited here, but I found the source in the article and it does support the hook. Good to go! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 03:00, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]