Template:Did you know nominations/Macrozamia riedlei


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The result was: promoted by Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 09:07, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Macrozamia riedlei

 * ... that the cycad species Macrozamia riedlei (pollen cones pictured) was possibly responsible for poisoning Dutch sailors in 1897 - the earliest for an Australian plant? Source for poisoning. Offline one has earliest for native plant
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5x expanded by Casliber (talk), and MargaretRDonald (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 09:47, 18 November 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Good expansion on many sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and a good illustration. I'd be happy stopping the hook after the year, - the "first" doesn't add too much. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking it over, good to get copyedits. I would have said, [see ALT 1]That is well documented in the contemporary sources, and most since, which I should be able to link via scan. cygnis insignis 13:55, 23 November 2018 (UTC) edit: extract hook2 17:31, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Feel free to word an ALT1, with pictured, and possibly mentioning Australia somewhere. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:37, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ... that a favoured food plant of southwest Australia's peoples, Macrozamia riedlei (pollen cones pictured), was responsible for the accidental poisoning of the earliest European explorers?
 * ALT1 image: cultivated* plant, File:Macrozamia riedlei Furnas 2015 (02).jpg *most were
 * Casliber, what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, an improvement. I like it Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:15, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried to squeeze the original hook in there, if it is awkward you could flip the order of food and poison. The first image is better to, I struck the option. cygnis insignis 19:27, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg ALT1 preferred, - I added pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this but I'm not sure whether the article states exclusively that southwestern Australians love this food plant. Pinging, and. Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 06:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for having a look, if there is some confusion I am probably responsible. The article does not support the "favoured food plant" part of the hook? I should be able to fix that. cygnis insignis 06:12, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes please. I only see indirect mentions of southwestern Australians in the past who favoured the food. Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 07:57, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * But there are two paragraphs on that in the … work I saw in preview and never saved. Should be simple to get that solidly sourced and expanded, shall I ping you when I am done? cygnis insignis 10:14, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes ping me please :)  Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 10:54, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * hey, I added "important" from a source I was already using and wonder if that covers it? [cycads are widely used as a staple, which is why Flinders expedition made the mistake of eating them raw] I notice some more easy improvements after I visit the library tomorrow, and should be able to ref the related facts to be rock-solid, but I guess an online source for this would simplify matters. I will try to dig that up tomorrow night, if you don't mind waiting for that. cygnis insignis 16:39, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yea go ahead. Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 06:40, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

, I added in some more citations, are we there yet? Regards, cygnis insignis 14:19, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Alright, we're all set. Restoring tick. Let's wait for the next queue available. Vincent LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 08:38, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for identifying that potential improvement. I held back from further expansion as I consulted more sources, thinking it is better to wait until the DYK is past. cygnis insignis 09:33, 30 December 2018 (UTC)