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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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Woody plant encroachment

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Woody plant encroachment at the Waterberg mountain in Namibia
Woody plant encroachment at the Waterberg mountain in Namibia
  • ... that in Sub-Saharan Africa, woody vegetation cover has increased by 8% during the past three decades, mainly through woody plant encroachment (example pictured)? Source: Venter, Zander Samuel; Cramer, Michael D.; Hawkins, Heidi-Jayne (2018). "Drivers of woody plant encroachment over Africa". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 2272. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.2272V. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04616-8. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5995890. PMID 29891933

Improved to Good Article status by Sekundemal (talk) and Calidumpluviam (talk). Nominated by Sekundemal (talk) at 21:27, 12 December 2021 (UTC).

  • Promoted to GA within 7 days of DYK nomination. Article is long enough and within policy - neutral, no copyvios detected. Hook is clear and compelling and is cited in-line using a reliable source. Nominator's first DYK so no QPQ needed. Image is freely licensed, relevant, used in the article, and clear at 100px. Sekundemal, congratulations on your GA and DYK! Topshelver (talk) 18:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
  • Many thanks for the speedy review and the good news Topshelver! This is much appreciated. Sekundemal (talk) 07:15, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
    • @Topshelver and Sekundemal: hi there! This is a fascinating read, and I think there are lots of super interesting hooks to take from it—what do y'all think about the hooks I suggested above? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 11:19, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
      • I'm going to return this to WP:DYKN while this is worked out. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 08:37, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
        • Many thanks for the alternative hooks theleekycauldron. The reference to goats is also good. I still like the initial hook, due to its relevance for the global climate change mitigation agenda. But maybe someone else can weigh in/decide here? Sekundemal (talk) 19:20, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
          • Well, Sekundemal, I'll put up a notice at WT:DYK, asking for some eyeballs. What I will say is that highlighting the most important thing about an article upfront isn't necessarily what informs people the most. You may want to try "teaching by stealth"—if 8,000 people click through to the article, and half of them now read in-detail about this interesting climate change phenomenon, you've informed more people than if 2,000 people click through because it looks important. Reel them in with something fun, then let the article go in-detail about what's important. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 20:58, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Cheetah cub
Cheetah in Namibia
Cheetah in Namibia
  • ALT3 ... that woody plant encroachment can harm the habitats of the cheetah (cub pictured), plains zebra and secretary bird? (Sources are in the Biodiversity section of the article. Any of those animals would provide a good picture, and no doubt we can find a free pic and include it in the article. The above pic of the woody plant encroachment is interesting in the article, but it's not as hooky as e.g. a cheetah.) Storye book (talk)

ALT3 to T:DYK/P1 without image

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