Template:Did you know nominations/Brown bear

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:59, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Brown bear

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~~... that brown bears often figure into the literature of Europe and North America as "cute and cuddly"?~~ Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01130991
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Snake Saturday

Created by Wolverine XI (talk). Self-nominated at 05:12, 4 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Brown bear; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

ALT1: ...that in some rare cases, large Siberian tigers prey on adult brown bears? Source:[1]
ALT2: ...that brown bears have been recorded engaging in tool use? Source:[2]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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: Article looks well sourced and balanced, and was nominated within 7 days of GA. I can't access the hook article, but it looks like it might be about children's literature specifically, does it also mention Western literature in general? The hook is interesting enough, but I can't help thinking some of the other facts in the article (like them being hunted by tigers or using tools!) would be even better hooks. Can you add some alts? BuySomeApples (talk) 23:36, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

A picture might also be good, a lot of the ones in the article are pretty cool and of high quality. BuySomeApples (talk) 23:36, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Will add later today. Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 05:19, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
  - BuySomeApples Better now? Wolverine XI ^{(talk to me)} 22:38, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes much better! I swapped the illustration for the photo from the infobox, but otherwise this nom looks good. BuySomeApples (talk) 21:58, 22 March 2024 (UTC)