Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alloxylon pinnatum/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 Sarastro1 via FACBot (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2017 [1].

Alloxylon pinnatum

Nominator(s): Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:59, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Smaller than some articles I've worked on, it's about as complete as it can possibly be. I will answer queries quickly. I reckon it's within striking distance of FA-hood. Have at it.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:59, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Was just reading my comments in your last FAC ... when I was talking about the odds that people would assign meaning or something, I meant that that's the question I wanted you to meditate on to solve the problem, it wasn't meant judgmentally. - Dank (push to talk) 23:51, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ah ok, no offence was taken so don't sweat it Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:23, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose per my standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 14:29, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, looks good but had to change back one as they are general "protected areas" Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:52, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support and comments from Jim

Happy to support, but a couple of niggles, other than the annoying but unactionable fractional inches Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:27, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why is glabrous (smooth) better than just smooth?

It means "smooth and hairless"...actually why not just say it.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:50, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

500 kg per cubic metre— either give the imperial conversion or replace with a density

libs added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:20, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source review from Ealdgyth (talk · contribs)

Earwig's tool shows a no sign of copyright violation.

Otherwise everything looks good. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:15, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Image review – The images used in the article have appropriate summaries and are properly licensed, so the image review is a pass. 1989 22:30, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments form FunkMonk

I'll review this soon. At first glance, there are some short sections and paragraphs hanging alone with little content by the end of the article. Maybe it's just me who finds such layout a bit distracting, but could some of these be merged or placed together? For example, status kinda looks like it could group well with cultivation (both sections are about human interaction in a sense), and the short ecology sentence could maybe go with distribution? FunkMonk (talk) 15:27, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@FunkMonk: I moved the butterfly sentence to the Conservation status section as it is about another threatened species. Meleded another para elsewhere. One last small one I can't place though... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:26, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Any reason why you're inconsistent in whether you refer to the subject by the common or scientific name?

I guess trying to make the article less repetitive by using both names? Have tried to use the common name. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:10, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is also some inconsistency in whether you spell out the binomial name or abbreviate it.

Should be solved now using the common name everywhere Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:22, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could anthesis and pinnate be explained?

"Pinnate" means lobed, which I added to the lead. The next mention adds about the lobes straight afterwards, so adding "lobed" here would look weird. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:18, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"arranged in a corymb or raceme" What is any of this?

It's the arrangement of the flowers in the flowerhead. I'd try to explain but it'd be very wordy. The images on the target article are more helpful. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:13, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"splitting of Gondwana" I'd add "the supercontinent Gondwana", most readers may not know what this is by name.

added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:10, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand when images interfere with the headers, could be prevented in the second image by right-aligning, but no big deal.

Agree is annoying. done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:23, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"walked 300 km" Convert.

done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:14, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it near threatened? What are the threats?

frustratingly no sources specify. "near threatened" can be IUCN talk for "rare". It is sensitive to soil pathogens and much of its habitat has disappeared to agriculture, but no sources say anything really. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:13, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support - looks good to me now, as a non-expert. FunkMonk (talk) 17:25, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thx! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:08, 14 May 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. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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