Template:Did you know nominations/Sicyos angulatus


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:32, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Sicyos angulatus, Echinocystis
Source: "A very bitter tea brewed from the roots is analgesic and is also used as a love potion" "A decoction of the vine has been used in the treatment of venereal disease."
 * ... that while the oneseed bur cucumber and the wild cucumber (pictured) both grow in North America, one has been used as a love potion and the other to treat venereal disease?
 * ALT1 ... that while the wild cucumber (pictured) and the oneseed bur cucumber both grow in North America, one has been used as a love potion and the other to treat venereal disease?
 * Reviewed: Ululani Lewai Baker, Lanihau

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 11:25, 13 December 2016 (UTC).


 * starting review-- Kev min  § 03:57, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Sicyos angulatus expansion new enough and long enough.  hook portion cited and sourced with to verified references. No policy issues identified with the article.  I would switch love potion and decoction so they correspond better to the species..-- Kev  min  § 16:24, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Echinocystis expansion new enough and long enough. The hook is referenced and the citations confirm the hook.  I might cite Wisconsin to avoid nitpicking later.  Also the range section is partially cited but the one citation does not cover all the information, I would suggest moving the USDA link to a citation for the section. as it was before the expansion.  No policy issues were identified with the articles.
 * The opening sentences of the two articles are rather clunky with "gourd/melon/cucumber family" cucumbers are a melon (all are technically pepos so cutting it ti just "the gourd family" would match the other Cucurbitaceae articles.-- Kev  min  § 14:14, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. I have changed the hook around to give ALT1 and made the other changes you suggested. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Articles still meeting the DKY criteria and no policy issues identified in either, or copyvio problems. the nom looks good to go.-- Kev  min  § 16:18, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Cwmhiraeth, while Sicyos angulatus appears to have been expanded enough, when I use DYKcheck on Echinocystis it says the article is not a 5x expansion. In fact, it's about 3.5x: from 553 prose characters prior to the expansion to 1953 prose characters now. The article will need to be expanded to 2765 prose characters to meet the 5x expansion requirement. Is this feasible? BlueMoonset (talk) 02:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

I have expanded Echinocystis to 3,653 characters (by my DYKcheck count), but the article will need a new reviewer now that I have added to it.-- Kev min  § 04:28, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Most of the articles I expand are tiny stubs and I had completely failed to realise that this one was 553B before I began, and hence I had not expanded it enough. Thank you BlueMoonset for pointing it out and thank you Kevmin for expanding it so well. I have added your name to the credits. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:03, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Happy to sign off on this. I can verify the previous review: I rechecked most aspects. The expansion also checks out. The hook is a trifle wordy, but definitely interesting. Vanamonde (talk) 18:06, 26 January 2017 (UTC)