Talk:Potentilla hickmanii/GA1

GA Reassessment
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Commencing GA reassessment as part of the GA Sweeps process. ✽ Juniper§ Liege   (TALK)  11:39, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

This is a well presented article, but there are a few problems that need to be addressed in order for it to meet GA standards.

References


 * Pages should be cited when referencing books or publications. For instance:
 * It has a stem that is prostrate to decumbent, of variable length five to forty five centimeters, which may occur in a glabrous manifestation. Blooming occurs between April and June; in winter, the plant dies back entirely, leaving only its woody stem intact. The hypanthium is three to six millimeters wide, with yellow obchordate petals six to eleven millimeters in length. Up to ten inflorescences may present in a single organism. Filaments are typically 1.5 to 4.0 millimeters in length, while anthers  are only about one millimeter in size; moreover, the pistils generally number about ten and the slender styles are about two to three millimeters long.[2]
 * The citation of reference 2 should include the pages which contain the information given in the paragraph.


 * "The Monterey County population within the Del Monte Forest is the original discovery colony and numbers approximately 2000 plants" - reference needed.


 * "The habitat for this species includes vernally wet meadows or open pine forests." - reference needed.


 * "The Monterey Peninsula, discovery site of Potentilla hickmanii is recognized to have a high degree of species endemicism." - reference needed.


 * "The first recorded history of the discovery site was in 1602, by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Viscaino, whose mission was mapping of the coastline. Viscaino noted in his journal the presence of "pine covered headlands...great pine trees, smooth and straight"." - reference needed.


 * The prose is still a little overly scientific in areas and could do with expansion for layperons.

The article will be place on hold for a 7 day period in order for the above problems to be addressed. Once corrected, the article will meet GA standards and will retain its status. Otherwise, the article will have to be delisted. ✽ Juniper§ Liege   (TALK)  11:50, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

As there have been no attempts to address the issues above, the article has been failed and delisted from the GA category. ✽ Juniper§ Liege  (TALK)  00:41, 22 February 2010 (UTC)