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Blephilia hirsuta

 * ... that the hairy wood mint is endangered in the state of Massachusetts?
 * Reviewed: Malkhei Yisrael Street
 * Comment: might be a better hook. Thought this one as a short sharp statement didn't sound too bad....

Created/expanded by Seanryan002 (talk), Botanyclass (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 12:26, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll review this. Before I do, here's a suggestion: ALT1 ... that 30 to 120 cm tall hairy pagodas can be found throughout eastern North America? Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:25, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Hook: The original is fairly dull. Do you think my alt is misrepresentative?
 * Article: New and long enough. Referencing is thorough. No images. Paraphrasing needs to be touched up per this. These [http://toolserver.org/~dcoetzee/duplicationdetector/compare.php?url1=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DBlephilia_hirsuta%26oldid%3D465290604&url2=plants.usda.gov%2Fjava%2Fprofile%3Fsymbol%3DBLHI&minwords=4&minchars=13 two look okay. Also, "unfortunately" is a judgement call (i.e. not NPOV). AGF on the books, which I can't seem to access.


 * Summary: Symbol question.svg Paraphrasing needs to be improved, with a bit of NPOV-ing. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:37, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I found a bunch of these articles as part of an education/biology project and figured DYK was a good way to introduce collaborative editing. Will look at and distance wording from sourcing. I like the hook and think it is close enough to factuality to not be misrepresentative. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:13, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * As an update, I agree on changing the first one and did so. The others are tricky in that some words such as "several whorls" have a very specific meaning and I can't think of another way to express them offhand. Will look at some other sources. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hmmm... I can't think of one either. Many of the others have specific meanings in biology. I think this is good to go now (not as many issues as most student projects, thankfully) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:25, 11 December 2011 (UTC)