Talk:Ceroplastes ceriferus

A fact from Ceroplastes ceriferus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Indian wax scale was first described in 1798 by Fabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years?

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 12:42, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Indian wax scale was first described in 1798 by Fabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years? Source: "The authorship of this species was erroneously credited to Anderson (1790) for almost 200 years. However, the correct name is Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798)."

Reviewed: Streetcars in Santa Barbara

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

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:

New enough, long enough, neutral, and no copyvio probelms detcted. Hook cited inline, inline citations in each paragraph and quotes are not used. QPQ given. It would be nice if it could be expanded some, but it passses for DYK. Great work! Footlessmouse (talk) 07:51, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Anderson who?

"wrongly attributed to Anderson". Who is this Anderson whose name has popped up out of nowhere without explanation ? The Yeti (talk) 06:24, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]