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A fact from Ballast Island (Japan) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a Japanese island has rapidly fluctuated in size?
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... that a Japanese island has rapidly fluctuated in size? Source: Kayanne et al. (14 July 2016). "Eco-geomorphic processes that maintain a small coral reef island: Ballast Island in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Geomorphology. 271. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.07.021. Retrieved 27 February 2024. Pp. 87-90
Other problems: - This is so nitpicky, but I suggest we use "fluctuated" instead of "alternated". The latter typically implies a binary of two options, whereas "fluctuated" is used more for an ebb-and-flow; the source uses "fluctuate" as well.
QPQ: - pending Overall: @Generalissima: Earwig CD clear, new and long enough. Did some copyediting on the article. Will wait on QPQ. One thing: can I ask why you decided to forego almost all use of the convert template? I assume to avoid overuse, but I think the article could greatly benefit from including imperial units to improve accessibility. –TCMemoire00:12, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@TCMemoire: I genuinely just forgot about converting to imperial since I'm usually so focused on making imperial units metrics; let me fix that! Fluctuated is a better wording! Fixed that. Generalissima (talk) 01:15, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Generalissima: Sorry for the delay, been keeping an eye on Anomalites to see when it gets passed. Once that goes through, I'll pass this DYK. I also see you successfully got it to GA in the meantime--congratulations! –TCMemoire21:26, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Pretty short article; I get that there isn't much coverage of it, but after some digging I found some sources covering snorkeling in the region (1), and some scientific papers that mention some of the fish found there (1, 2, 3, 4). Two of these fish have holotypes or lectotypes from the island, so they definitely seem worth mentioning.
Added these to the article. -G
"gravely composition" Think this is supposed to be "gravelly".
Fixed. - G
What's settlement dispersal?
Sediment, my bad. - G
"a size it has largely remained since" sounds weird, maybe "remaining around this size since"?
Good change, fixed. - G
Images are fine. Spot-checked both the English-language sources, AGF-ing on the Japanese one for obvious reasons.