A fact from Hebetica sylviae appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Hebetica sylviae(pictured) was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie overwatered her backyard?
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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.
Comment: Oh god theres a new UI for DYK nominations, just when I started getting used to this thing. Welp, heres to hoping this works. I'm a bit short on energy at the moment so if someone can come up with a bit more of a charming hook that would be well appreciated!
Comment: If I'm being totally honest, I feel like highlighting that Sylvie is Sullivan-Beckers' own daughter would be important here, and its quite adorable honestly, she's not just "a kid", I was kind of worried that ALT0 implied I made Sylvie sound like she was "an accident" by saying that she discovered it on accident, and then her discovery was named after her implicitly, which could be me over-reacting, I just wanted a better way of phrasing it. Appreciate your effort and thank you! However an alternative quote would be great! The circumstances regarding the discovery are absolutely amazing. Ornithoptera (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
ALT3: ... that Hebetica sylviae(pictured) was discovered after a two-year-old overwatered her backyard? Source: [1] I'm striking the latter part of ALT2 since I don't think it's appropriate to talk about "rescuing" something that was dead and buried. I'm also changing "discovered by" to "discovered after" since the two-year-old didn't understand the importance of what she was seeing -- her mother did. The rest of the hook is great, though, short and intriguing, so I'm preserving it and recreating it as ALT3 . Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:37, 11 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Overall: There may be an error in the template regarding a link to a completed QPQ. For now, I have to assume that one has not yet been done. Please link to a completed DYK review and let me know. All three hooks are sourced but my preference is for ALT3. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:37, 11 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
No error, Mary Mark Ockerbloom. Click the QPQ link and you'll find a completed review of (in my opinion) one of the greatest DYK hooks of all time. Since the QPQ was the only holdup, I'll take the liberty of adding a tick. {ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 05:11, 12 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
ALT3a: ... that Hebetica sylviae(pictured) was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie overwatered her backyard?
Adds more interest for the people who put it together at minimal cost to punchiness... I'll promote it if y'all are both on board. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 07:21, 14 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
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ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 05:11, 12 December 2021 (UTC)