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Otherwise looks great; informative, well-sourced, and beautifully illustrated. I made multiple little grammar fixes myself, but I found no major issues. Once my above comments have been addressed I'll pass the article. Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 14:25, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to also mention that the David Jones symbol is a stylised waratah, given that there is a reference to Arnotts? Old_Wombat ( talk) 07:16, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
(blush) my mistake ... yes, you are correct.... OK, here's version 2 of the question: Would it be appropriate to also mention that the Grace Brothers symbol is a stylised waratah, given that there is a reference to Arnotts?
Old_Wombat (
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Are there any objections if I go ahead and do this? Old_Wombat ( talk) 08:32, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Can we mention that the Sydney suburb of Telopea is named after the Waratah? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.9.151.254 ( talk) 20:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Drove along Bell's Line of Road last week. That whole section between Mount Victoria and Mount Tomar Botanic Garden had literally hundreds of waratahs (as in, wild ones) flowering along the side of the road. In fact there are far, far more now than there were 11 years ago when we first moved to the area. Good to see! And this is despite the obviously growing number of people that quite brazenly cut the flowers from the plants beside the road. Old_Wombat ( talk) 10:35, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
The logo of the NSW State Government is a stylised waratah. Question is, is this the same concept as the already mentioned "... The floral emblem for its home state of New South Wales..." .
Old_Wombat (
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There is no single illustration in the article that clearly shows the shrub, as opposed to the flower. We have one illo that shows in the far distance, a tiny flower on the top of a long stalk. The other overall plant picture is just a mass of green next to another mass of (similar looking green) and thus is actually confusing. We also have an overabundance of shots of the flower itself. Think about if this were an article in National Geographic or a scientific review of the plant.
FA criteria include adequate illustration and this article is poorly illustrated. Jus finding some random snapshots to ornament the walls of text (and not even discussing quality, just checking rights status, as was done in the FAC review) does not lead to "near professional quality" work. Think of the sort of article that one would read in Natural History. Of how the editor of that magazine would want it to look. For the readers.18:02, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
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Some comments:
Otherwise looks great; informative, well-sourced, and beautifully illustrated. I made multiple little grammar fixes myself, but I found no major issues. Once my above comments have been addressed I'll pass the article. Cheers, – Juliancolton | Talk 14:25, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to also mention that the David Jones symbol is a stylised waratah, given that there is a reference to Arnotts? Old_Wombat ( talk) 07:16, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
(blush) my mistake ... yes, you are correct.... OK, here's version 2 of the question: Would it be appropriate to also mention that the Grace Brothers symbol is a stylised waratah, given that there is a reference to Arnotts?
Old_Wombat (
talk) 08:32, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Are there any objections if I go ahead and do this? Old_Wombat ( talk) 08:32, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Can we mention that the Sydney suburb of Telopea is named after the Waratah? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.9.151.254 ( talk) 20:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Drove along Bell's Line of Road last week. That whole section between Mount Victoria and Mount Tomar Botanic Garden had literally hundreds of waratahs (as in, wild ones) flowering along the side of the road. In fact there are far, far more now than there were 11 years ago when we first moved to the area. Good to see! And this is despite the obviously growing number of people that quite brazenly cut the flowers from the plants beside the road. Old_Wombat ( talk) 10:35, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
The logo of the NSW State Government is a stylised waratah. Question is, is this the same concept as the already mentioned "... The floral emblem for its home state of New South Wales..." .
Old_Wombat (
talk) 10:38, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
There is no single illustration in the article that clearly shows the shrub, as opposed to the flower. We have one illo that shows in the far distance, a tiny flower on the top of a long stalk. The other overall plant picture is just a mass of green next to another mass of (similar looking green) and thus is actually confusing. We also have an overabundance of shots of the flower itself. Think about if this were an article in National Geographic or a scientific review of the plant.
FA criteria include adequate illustration and this article is poorly illustrated. Jus finding some random snapshots to ornament the walls of text (and not even discussing quality, just checking rights status, as was done in the FAC review) does not lead to "near professional quality" work. Think of the sort of article that one would read in Natural History. Of how the editor of that magazine would want it to look. For the readers.18:02, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
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