The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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the article's talk page or
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 05:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that the botanist
Reverend Linton didn't gild the lily, but he did discover a bramble, Rubus durescens and then gilded its image on the cover of his book, The Flora of Derbyshire? — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Parkywiki (
talk •
contribs) 23:55, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
This article was moved to mainspace on October 9, the text is over 1500 characters, and it is within policy. The image here is licensed via CC, and QPQ is satisfied. The suggested hooks are under 200 characters and supported by inline citations (I am not an expert in botany, and I am assuming that the flower is a "rose by another name" because it was identified as being within the genus Rubus, a fact that is substantiated by inline citations). Although the illustration is lovely, I like the poetic and catchy cadence of ALT1, and I think ALT2 is also very clever. Excellent work with hook-writing for this nomination! Best, --
Notecardforfree (
talk) 04:46, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm not a fan of the "gild the lily" in ALT2. Things which aren't sourced in the article shouldn't appear in a hook simply in an attempt at cleverness. I would recommend against ALT2.
MANdARAX•XAЯAbИAM 07:07, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 05:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
ALT2: ... that the botanist
Reverend Linton didn't gild the lily, but he did discover a bramble, Rubus durescens and then gilded its image on the cover of his book, The Flora of Derbyshire? — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Parkywiki (
talk •
contribs) 23:55, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
This article was moved to mainspace on October 9, the text is over 1500 characters, and it is within policy. The image here is licensed via CC, and QPQ is satisfied. The suggested hooks are under 200 characters and supported by inline citations (I am not an expert in botany, and I am assuming that the flower is a "rose by another name" because it was identified as being within the genus Rubus, a fact that is substantiated by inline citations). Although the illustration is lovely, I like the poetic and catchy cadence of ALT1, and I think ALT2 is also very clever. Excellent work with hook-writing for this nomination! Best, --
Notecardforfree (
talk) 04:46, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm not a fan of the "gild the lily" in ALT2. Things which aren't sourced in the article shouldn't appear in a hook simply in an attempt at cleverness. I would recommend against ALT2.
MANdARAX•XAЯAbИAM 07:07, 20 October 2015 (UTC)