Template:Did you know nominations/Mandarin Patinkin

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:29, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Mandarin Patinkin

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Mandarin Patinkin in Central Park in November 2018

... that when Mandarin Patinkin (pictured), a mandarin duck, showed up in Central Park, far from its native range, it became an international celebrity?
- ALT1:... that the Central Park mandarin duck (pictured) was named "New York's Most Eligible Bachelor" by The Cut?
- ALT2:... that a mandarin duck which showed up in Central Park (pictured) became an international celebrity with followers the Associated Press called "quackarazzi"?

Reviewed: Neil McLaughlin

Created by Rhododendrites (talk). Self-nominated at 16:33, 7 December 2019 (UTC).

Not particularly tied to any of the hooks (or which name we give it). Also, there's a Commons category of images if the reviewer/promoter wants to swap that out: category. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:34, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
@Rhododendrites: Hi, I'll review this. I only vaguely heard about this news (I think you told me last year), but anyway... epicgenius (talk) 00:52, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like ALT0, ALT2 and ALT1, in that order. Image is also good. epicgenius (talk) 00:52, 11 December 2019 (UTC)