Talk:Conopea galeata

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:12, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that although the soft coral Leptogorgia virgulata exudes protective substances to prevent other organisms growing on it, the barnacle Conopea galeata overcomes these defences?

• Reviewed: Magnificat (Hoffmann)

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:44, 24 December 2020 (UTC).

Review:

Formalities:

• Prose size (text only): 1795 characters (290 words) "readable prose size"
• Article created by Cwmhiraeth on December 20, 2020
• Assuming article is at 5x now, expansion began 8 edits ago on December 20, 2020

Hook and sourcing:

• fewer than 200 characters
• interesting (see concerns)
• sourced
• QPQ done

Concerns:

• Interesting: CMIIW, Hook describes a symbiosis process between Leptogorgia virgulata and Conopea galeata. These kinds of symbiosis (an organism that bypasses another organism's defence mechanism) is common in real life, such as cats that could jump over fences built by humans to kept other organisms away and humans that eat chili because chili is spicy, although the chili's spiciness is intended as a defence mechanism. Please explain to me how this specific symbiosis would be interesting to readers. Thank you and merry Christmas. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 15:16, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Overall: Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 15:16, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry that you are uninterested in what I consider a fascinating topic. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:15, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm interested in this topic. The problem is could you assure that the reader would also perceive this as interesting as we do? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 02:38, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm known to suggest some overly sensational hooks, so they might need to be dulled down a bit. However, I feel like they are not distorting the facts:

• ALT1: ... that the soft coral Leptogorgia virgulata is defenseless against the barnacle Conopea galeata?
• ALT2: ... that the defenses of the soft coral Leptogorgia virgulata are useless against the barnacle Conopea galeata?

@Cwmhiraeth & Jeromi Mikhael: Would these sound acceptable to you? It's basically the same info as in the original hook, just worded a lot simpler and more bling, less science (please note that I do actually like science). --LordPeterII (talk) 18:32, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@LordPeterII: Thank you. I would be happy with ALT2 but not ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeromi Mikhael: How about ALT2 then? You still have to do the approval, I was only suggesting :) --LordPeterII (talk) 20:15, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Much has improved. I also prefer ALT2 as the more interesting hook. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 00:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Good. I struck out the other hooks. --LordPeterII (talk) 00:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC)