Talk:Pinus sylvestris/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Esculenta (talk · contribs) 16:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I'll take on this review. Currently, the article seems to fall short of the good article criteria, particularly 2 and 3. I leave some starting comments here for consideration; more comments to follow after these are addressed. Esculenta (talk) 16:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * the lead is quite short and does not adequately summarize the article's contents. See WP:LEAD
 * several terms in the description section need links (to plant glossary perhaps) or glosses, e.g.: habit, shoot, glaucous, leaf persistence, serrated, globose, wing
 * where is the taxonomy section? Who first described the species? When? What does the species epithet sylvestris mean? After a taxonomy section is made, the info in the "Names" section could probably be placed in there. Regarding names, the article mentions common names used "Before the 18th century", but what is it mostly called now? The names "Scots pine" and "Scotch pine" are mentioned in the lead sentence, but are not cited in the article text.
 * "Over 100 Pinus sylvestris varieties have been described in the botanical literature, but only three or four are now accepted." ... yet five are listed in the table? Accepted by who? And where are the citations for information given for the last four entries in the table?
 * Several places in the article needs citations. Please check the article to ensure that there are citations at the end of every paragraph.
 * the two-sentence "In culture" section is weak. Is there no other information that could enhance this section? (also, what is a "plant badge"?)
 * the info on the wood pine nematode is out of place in the "uses" section. Perhaps there is place for a separate section on this and other pests/parasites that afflict this species? If not, then maybe expand the ecology section to include this.
 * any estimates of its population size (both within and outside of its natural range)? see
 * there's little to no discussion of the mating system of the plant, dispersal biology, selfing rate, population structure, effects on genetic diversity, etc. These topics have all been extensively discussed in the botanical literature (P. sylvestis is the most extensively studied conifer species in the botanical literature), and a reader might expect this overview article to mention and briefly summarize the overall gist of this research.
 * There has been no effort to bring this article up to standard in the last 10 days, despite the nominator being active on Wikipedia. GAN closed as not passed. Esculenta (talk) 12:06, 30 June 2023 (UTC)