Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Banksia integrifolia

Banksia integrifolia

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 6, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 15:13, 10 April 2022 (UTC)



Banksia integrifolia is a species of tree that grows in Australia between Victoria and Central Queensland. One of the most widely distributed Banksia species, it has a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains. It is highly variable in form, but most often encountered as a tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height. Its leaves have dark green upper surfaces and white undersides. It is one of the four Banksia species collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, and one of four species published in 1782 as Carolus Linnaeus the Younger's original description of the genus. A hardy and versatile garden plant, B. integrifolia is widely planted in Australian gardens. It is a popular choice for parks and streetscapes, and has been used for bush revegetation and stabilisation of dunes. Its hardiness has prompted research into its suitability for use as a rootstock in the cut flower trade, but has also caused concerns about its potential to become a weed outside its natural habitat.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The last plant article was Symphyotrichum lateriflorum on Jan. 3, 2022. Banksia sceptrum, a plant of the same genus, was TFA on Sept. 21, 2021.
 * Main editors:, and  nominated it in 2006. Casliber updated the text in 2021 with sources provided by.
 * Promoted: Nov. 16, 2006. Satisfactory at URFA/2020 on April 5, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: TFA rerun: first TFA was Feb. 27, 2007. This article would be a good candidate to fill a TFA re-run slot and an older FA slot. This plant is native to Australia, a somewhat underrepresented location at TFA. There are no plants listed at WP:FANMP or running at FAC at the moment, so to have a plant TFA it will have to be a rerun. The 2007 blurb was over 1025 characters, so I have reduced the blurb's text above.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 18:59, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * weak support B integrifolia or any other Banksia article being TFA, there are 30 other featured banksia, many of which havent been at TFA, like Banksia prionotes which is currently flowering... not sure a rerun is ideal. Gnangarra 04:55, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I rechecked WP:FANMP, and checked all 33 Banksia articles in the link you listed above, and I think all the Banksia FAs have been TFAs. Is there an FA that hasn't been TFA that I missed? Banksia prionotes was promoted in 2009, has not gone through an FAR, and has not been declared "Satisfactory" at WP:URFA/2020 so I am hesitant to nominate that article at TFA. We always need more reviewers at URFA/2020, so I greatly encourage you to review B. prionotes and let us know if it's ready for TFA. If it gets reviewed quickly enough I'll support swapping this TFA nom. Z1720 (talk) 14:59, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Support - based on WP:FAMP every single plant FA we have has been run at TFA - the B. prionotes mentioned above was run in 2010, and all the other banksia's that I checked from that list have all been run. It's been over 15 years since this specific article was on the main page, and it's been vetted as still being at quality.  Unless we're going to avoid running plant FAs, we will have to do reruns for this topic, and this one's as good a candidate as any. Hog Farm Talk 15:13, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:42, 6 April 2022 (UTC)