Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Amanita phalloides


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 17:04, 10 June 2007.

Amanita phalloides
Here we go. I'm nominating the first fungus article for FAC, I and several others have put alot of work into it over the past twelve months, which has been tricky as there has been nothing to compare it to easily. I feel it is about as comprehensive as can possibly be, and have attempted to balance the article as much as possible. It is heavily weighted to toxicity as this is the fungus' main claim to fame (or infamy). It has a large list of reliable sources and is neutral and stable and I have rewritten the lead to better summarise the article. It has been put through the copyedit wringer by a wiki-colleague, but I will leave teh judging of the prose to the readers. My only other concern was whether to put in original sources other than secondary into the last section on famous poisonings. cheers, Cas Liber | talk  |  contribs 05:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 *  Conditional support if the statement "thus affecting mRNA synthesis and leading to cell death." can be clarified a bit. I'm still iffy over "Notable victims" being mostly single-source, but not enough to oppose. The article's been tremendously improved since I reviewed it. Circeus 05:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This is tricky; I've come up with, Their major toxic mechanism is the inhibition of RNA polymerase II this is a vital enzyme in the synthesis of mRNA, without which essential protein synthesis and hence cell metabolism grind to a halt and the cell dies. - is this enough or should it be expanded more? I can play with it more latercheers, Cas Liber | talk  |  contribs 06:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've tweaked it further, and it looks fine to me now. Circeus 06:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Support. I like how it is right now and even though I haven't contributed to the article with any specific data, I don't think there's much room for improvement left.--Paffka 07:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. I knew absolutely nothing about the subject, but found the article incredibly informative, articulate, and well sourced.  One suggestion, however: it may be a good idea to list the references in two columns rather than one to cut down on length.  Thanks for the botany lesson and good luck! María ( habla  con migo ) 20:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ - looks better I agree.cheers, Cas Liber | talk  |  contribs 22:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Support. Excellent article—clean prose, nice linking and explanation of jargon, good use of images and very informative. One nit-pick:
 * Under "Biochemistry": "Amatoxins consist of at least eight compounds with a similar structure, that of eight amino-acid rings. Isolated in 1941 by Heinrich O. Wieland and Rudolf Hallermayer of the University of Munich." Perhaps it could be "They were first isolated..." or something of the sort?
 * Other than that, nothing I can think of. Nice work. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I made some minor tweaks. Hope you don't mind.  Overall, this is a great article and deserves to be featured.  --Jayron32| talk | contribs  06:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, with one niggle. Is it necessary to repeat Voltaire's quote twice right next to each other? The entire quote is in the text, surely it doesn't need to be repeated? Ptherwise very interesting. One other question, does anything in the wild eat this species? Sabine's Sunbird  talk  21:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm the culprit. I thought it would be interesting to give the specific French Quote. It can go without much loss. Circeus 00:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. It is an excellent and very well-sourced article. --Carioca 06:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.