Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Salvia divinorum/archive2


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The article was not promoted by Karanacs 17:13, 30 March 2010.

Salvia divinorum

 * Nominator(s): Surachit (talk) 06:58, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Well written and well sourced, and I think it fits all other FAC criteria -Surachit (talk) 06:58, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose No indication that the nom has consulted major contributors, also not well written. I've just skimmed, but several issues
 * short sentences and paragraphs make for choppy reading, almost every para seems to have its own subheading (or sub-sub heading)
 * Needs a good copy edit - mixture of AE and BE spelling (meter/centimetre) meter in lead not converted, Salvia incorrectly bolded, but not italicised, salvinorin A incorrectly bolded
 * two of the four paras of the lead deal with legality yet several of the  main sections of the article are ignored (eg "Ingestion", "Chemistry")
 * Us-centric The fourth para of the lead and most of "Controversy" seem to be fixated on the US.
 * legal status in US given in detail, but no mention of its status in its native land - in fact Mexico is only mentioned in the context of where the plant grows
 * Overlinking - Oaxaca is linked at least three times


 *  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  09:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose Sasata (talk) 03:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC) I agree with the concerns noted above and would add:
 * doesn't quite meet criteria 1b and 1c. Where's the phylogenetics? Why isn't the recent review article pmid 18720668 used as a source in the legality section? There are other recent scholarly articles missing as sources.
 * Some recent review articles don't seem to be used as much as they could/should. I only noticed one citation each for the reviews by Babu (2008, pmid:18259963) and Grundmann (2007, pmid:17628834) for example
 * some sources are of questionable reliability (thinking particularly of the several Erowid cites)
 * agree with the US-centrism of the article
 * it's not terribly far off the mark, but could use some time at peer review. Ping me if you send it there and I'll be glad to help out.


 * Oppose I've checked the history and the nominator doesn't seem to be the major contributor to this page. User:SallyScot seems to be more involved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Esuzu (talk • contribs)
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