Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Banksia sceptrum/archive1


 * 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 by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 08:58, 15 July 2017.

Banksia sceptrum

 * Nominator(s): Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

This article is about yet another banksia (I try to spread these out!), and would be the 30th article to be nominated to the FAC process. I think it is the equal of others. Have at it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:43, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Source review
Amazing sources. Earwig has no issues with it either. The text cited have the information appropriately mentioned in the citation. I support the article to get a shiny star. Adityavagarwal (talk) 19:20, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * thanks for the review/support. I am not sure what you mean by the third sentence. Did you do a spot check of sources? (generally a person does not support on source review alone but thanks anyway!) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I spot checked a bunch of them. The citations correctly have the information present in the article. Also, the prose is written very well, so a net support. Adityavagarwal (talk) 02:26, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Comments Support from JennyOz

 * tesselated - double L
 * added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * and 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1 1⁄8 in) cm wide. - remove 2nd cm
 * oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * and 8–10 cm (3 1⁄4–4 in) cm wide, - remove 2nd cm
 * oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * measures 0.2 cm (1⁄8 in) long. [2] - space before ref
 * oops! removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * The species name sceptrum "sceptre" referring to the prominent flower spikes. - refers?
 * must have split the sentence and forgotten to convert the participle... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * 1775 as Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, - missing by?
 * aah no, that is how the suffix of an authority is written. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Alex George - wlink?
 * added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * muricate - wikt link?
 * added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:03, 2 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Are the 2 diff links for style intentional? Ditto for dieback?
 * not sure how they happened. I guess it's because I have edited this article on and off over the years. Anyway, links updated and streamlined now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:15, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks JennyOz (talk) 21:07, 2 July 2017 (UTC) signing happy support JennyOz (talk) 10:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Support Sterling quality! Now even the prose is flawless! Parcly  Taxel  03:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Comments by Wehwalt
Interesting, though I won't claim to have understood all the technical bits. Just a few items:
 * Input from neophytes is always good. Regarding this, I find it more natural without the pronoun. but it really bugs everyone else who reads my prose... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Feel free to change it back. I assumed it was oversight, not style.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Not fussed. As I said, everyone else who sees it makes the same change you do, so must be an aussie or me idiosyncracy Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:12, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "It is killed by fire and regenerates by seed. The woody follicles open with fire." It strikes me that these two short sentences can profitably be combined.
 * duly combined Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:56, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "old spikes bearing follicles" should spikes be spike?
 * duly singularised Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "Known as cotyledons, the first pair of leaves produced by seedlings are obovate and measure 1.4–1.5 cm (1⁄2–5⁄8 in) long by 1.2 cm (1⁄2 in) wide. " consider moving the introductory phrase to after "seedlings".
 * duly moved Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "Their upper leaf margin of the wedge is crinkled." Should their be the?
 * yup. tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "Swiss botanist Carl Meissner described Banksia sceptrum in 1855, based on a specimen having been collected by James Drummond north of the Hutt River sometime during 1850 or 1851. " I would cut "having been"
 * removed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "The follicles on the old flower spikes remaining closed until burnt by fire, after which they open and release the seed." Remaining should probably be remain
 * yup. tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "If bushfires are too frequent—occurring less than four years apart—they risk eradicating populations of reseeders locally.[17]" consider for the final part "they risk eradicating local populations of reseeders."--Wehwalt (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * tweaked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Nicely done. If I'm ever in the area, I shall keep my eyes open for it.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:10, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Support on prose per my standard disclaimer. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting, but as usual, I found little to do. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 23:37, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Support and comments from Jim
Just a couple of comments
 * Tessellated, emarginated and petioles, unlinked and unexplained are asking a lot of the average readers
 * whoops! linked Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)


 * similarly, I'm not convinced that Anthesis and obovate are better than "opening" and "egg-shaped"
 * agree and tweaked on first, second is more complex as ovate and obovate both mean egg-shaped - obovate is sorta "reverse egg-shaped" though I've never seen it called that.. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 09:09, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:11, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 08:58, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
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