Template:Did you know nominations/Veronica perfoliata


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:12, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Veronica perfoliata

 * ... that ... digger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold? Source: "...it was considered 'a sure indicator of gold', a view which was associated with its common name 'Diggers' Speedwell'" in journal Telopea 5(1) 1992 p.282

5x expanded by Allthingsnative (talk). Nominated by Gderrin (talk) at 07:53, 14 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Reviewing
 * Article is long enough (5x expanded)
 * Article is new enough
 * Article is neutral
 * Well referenced with appropriate citations
 * No copyvio on Earwig
 * Hook is interesting, short enough and supported by inline citation from a sound source

Good to go. Papamac (talk) 10:15, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The hook is not properly formatted, nor is there a citation for the common name of "digger's speedwell". Yoninah (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

I have added a reference for the common name but do not understand "properly formatted", since the hook is similar to an earlier one for Lomatia tinctoria. Thank you. Gderrin (talk) 21:24, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * thank you for the cite. Here's how a hook is formatted:
 * ALT0a: ... that digger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Restoring tick per Papamac's review. Yoninah (talk) 09:22, 17 April 2019 (UTC)