Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Banksia sceptrum/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 08:58, 15 July 2017 [1].

Banksia sceptrum

Nominator(s): Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about yet another banksia (I try to spread these out!), and would be the 30th article to be nominated to the FAC process. I think it is the equal of others. Have at it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:43, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

Amazing sources. Earwig has no issues with it either. The text cited have the information appropriately mentioned in the citation. I support the article to get a shiny star. Adityavagarwal (talk) 19:20, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the review/support. I am not sure what you mean by the third sentence. Did you do a spot check of sources? (generally a person does not support on source review alone but thanks anyway!) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I spot checked a bunch of them. The citations correctly have the information present in the article. Also, the prose is written very well, so a net support.

Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:26, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments Support from JennyOz

tesselated - double L

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

and 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1 1⁄8 in) cm wide. - remove 2nd cm

oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

and 8–10 cm (3 1⁄4–4 in) cm wide, - remove 2nd cm

oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

measures 0.2 cm (1⁄8 in) long. [2] - space before ref

oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The species name sceptrum "sceptre" referring to the prominent flower spikes. - refers?

must have split the sentence and forgotten to convert the participle... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1775 as Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, - missing by?

aah no, that is how the suffix of an authority is written. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alex George - wlink?

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

muricate - wikt link?

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are the 2 diff links for style intentional? Ditto for dieback?

not sure how they happened. I guess it's because I have edited this article on and off over the years. Anyway, links updated and streamlined now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:15, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks JennyOz (talk) 21:07, 2 July 2017 (UTC) signing happy support JennyOz (talk) 10:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Sterling quality! Now even the prose is flawless! Parcly Taxel 03:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Wehwalt

Interesting, though I won't claim to have understood all the technical bits. Just a few items:

Input from neophytes is always good. Regarding this, I find it more natural without the pronoun. but it really bugs everyone else who reads my prose... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to change it back. I assumed it was oversight, not style.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not fussed. As I said, everyone else who sees it makes the same change you do, so must be an aussie or me idiosyncracy Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:12, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"It is killed by fire and regenerates by seed. The woody follicles open with fire." It strikes me that these two short sentences can profitably be combined.

duly combined Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:56, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"old spikes bearing follicles" should spikes be spike?

duly singularised Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Known as cotyledons, the first pair of leaves produced by seedlings are obovate and measure 1.4–1.5 cm (1⁄2–5⁄8 in) long by 1.2 cm (1⁄2 in) wide. " consider moving the introductory phrase to after "seedlings".

duly moved Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Their upper leaf margin of the wedge is crinkled." Should their be the?

yup. tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Swiss botanist Carl Meissner described Banksia sceptrum in 1855, based on a specimen having been collected by James Drummond north of the Hutt River sometime during 1850 or 1851. " I would cut "having been"

removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"The follicles on the old flower spikes remaining closed until burnt by fire, after which they open and release the seed." Remaining should probably be remain

yup. tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"If bushfires are too frequent—occurring less than four years apart—they risk eradicating populations of reseeders locally.[17]" consider for the final part "they risk eradicating local populations of reseeders."--Wehwalt (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nicely done. If I'm ever in the area, I shall keep my eyes open for it.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:10, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose per my standard disclaimer. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting, but as usual, I found little to do. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support and comments from Jim

Just a couple of comments

Tessellated, emarginated and petioles, unlinked and unexplained are asking a lot of the average readers

whoops! linked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

similarly, I'm not convinced that Anthesis and obovate are better than "opening" and "egg-shaped"

agree and tweaked on first, second is more complex as ovate and obovate both mean egg-shaped - obovate is sorta "reverse egg-shaped" though I've never seen it called that.. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:11, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 08:58, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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