Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Banksia spinulosa

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 01:32, 14 October 2007.

Banksia spinulosa

This is the sixth Banksia article to be nominated after Banksia brownii, Banksia integrifolia, Banksia ericifolia, Banksia epica and Banksia telmatiaea. I feel it is as good as the others which are all current Featured Articles, with respect to Featured Article Criteria. It is comprehensive and fully referenced. All images were either taken by me, are over 75 years old or authored by a friend :) Please drop in and let me know how to make the article better. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support I've watched with interest as this article more than doubled in size since this spring (autumn?), and I feel it's up there with the other various plants FAs. Circeus 16:41, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support another fine one from the Banksia project. Sumoeagle179 23:02, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A fine, well balanced and comprehensive article - Peripitus (Talk) 12:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support minor contributions early in the articles life and author of the distribution map which I updated today to allow for significant variations between The Banksia Atlas and Australian National Botanic Gardens web site. The map does reflect more the Banksia Atlas version, except around the QLD/NSW border where BA has spasmodic distribution and the ANBG has complete distribution. Gnan garra 13:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Melburnian 15:33, 11 October 2007 (UTC) ~~Comment~~ Very comprehensive article ~~- just a few comments:~~[reply]

Introduction: ...of the genus Banksia in the Proteaceae family native to eastern Australia - needs rewording to avoid ambiguity. (to Melb -are commas enough to reduce ambiguity or shall I switch clauses?)

Yes, that works --Melburnian 05:29, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

B. spinulosa var. spinulosa: The nominate race is an autonym that encompasses the type material of the species - perhaps this could be reworded to sound less jargonistic.

(I tried, "a name that was automatically created for the original material of the species as the other subspecies were described") —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casliber (talk • contribs) 11:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It would be good to have a close-up photo of leaves/foliage for at least one of the varieties, perhaps cropped from an existing photo in commons. --Melburnian 05:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Dammit, I was going past lots of bushes this morning. None of my photos really do it justice. Got some ok ones - still searching..)cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update - I've cropped one which I think looks ok-ish. I can try get another in the next few days (lucky I don't need a flower as I'd have to wait 6 months...). Let me know if you think it's ok. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Cas has done a great job with this one. Hesperian 11:48, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As good as the rest. Support. Daniel 10:47, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Another great article. Axl 17:54, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. 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.