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)reply
Images are appropriately licensed.
Nikkimaria (
talk) 00:43, 2 July 2017 (UTC)reply
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)reply
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)reply
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)reply
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)reply
Thanks
JennyOz (
talk) 21:07, 2 July 2017 (UTC) signing happy support
JennyOz (
talk) 10:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)reply
Support Sterling quality! Now even the prose is flawless!
ParclyTaxel 03:57, 3 July 2017 (UTC)reply
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)reply
Feel free to change it back. I assumed it was oversight, not style.--
Wehwalt (
talk) 10:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC)reply
Not fussed. As I said, everyone else who sees it makes the same change you do, so must be an aussie or me idiosyncracyCas Liber (
talk·contribs) 11:12, 4 July 2017 (UTC)reply
"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.
"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".
"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"
"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
"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)reply
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)reply
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)reply
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
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)reply
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Ian Rose (
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