Template:Did you know nominations/Yarkand hare

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Yarkand hare edit

  • ... that the Yarkand hare is hunted as game and, between 1958 and 1981, about 10,000 furs annually were produced from the species? Source: Chapman, Joseph A.; Flux, John E. C. (1990). Rabbits, Hares and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN. p. 90. ISBN 9782831700199.
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

5x expanded by Adityavagarwal (talk). Self-nominated at 02:47, 15 September 2017 (UTC).

  • Adityavagarwal 5x expanded, in time, long enough, sourced, QPQ done. However, unless I'm missing something, the hook has three factual problems. Here's the language from the source:
"Yarkand hares are shot as a game animal abd about 10,000 furs are produced annually (1958 to 1981) with little sign of decline. Although the population would decline with more intensive agriculture, the present system of allowing fields to revert to scrub from time to time enables hares to persist."
Problem 1: 10,000 furs annually, not total
Problem 2: The source says that there is little sign of a population decline caused by hunting
Problem 3: The source says that there is little sign of a population decline at all --Usernameunique (talk) 01:08, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Usernameunique Woops! Does it look better now? Adityavagarwal (talk) 01:21, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Adityavagarwal See problems 2 & 3: The source says there was no population decline, let alone one caused by hunting. --Usernameunique (talk) 01:37, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Usernameunique Ah, my bad. I removed it altogether, due to no decline! Adityavagarwal (talk) 01:45, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Now checks out. --Usernameunique (talk) 01:47, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
Thank you again, Usernameunique! Adityavagarwal (talk) 01:48, 18 September 2017 (UTC)