The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot ( talk) 21 October 2021 [1].
This article is about an obscure tree from New Zealand's South Island. It was first described in 1928 by the New Zealand botanist Walter Oliver. Genetic analysis more recently has revealed, though quite obviously morphologically speaking, that is is related to Dracophyllum traversii and Dracophyllum menziesii. Good work by botanists recently, a monograph from earlier this year for example, has made sourcing these Dracophyllum articles quite easy. The most important articles are paywalled however, so I can email them to you if you would like. I have chosen to nominate this article before my other GAs because it has no major issues or missing information – the only potential issue being the difficulty in avoiding too close paraphrasing in the description section... Thanks in advance for your comments. Draco phyllum 23:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Looking now... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 12:21, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
"Though the trunk is usually unbranched, upright-growing branches may sometimes form – particularly on plants in Westland. The bark on older sections is a greyish-brown colour, while newer growth is a yellow-brown."
Draco phyllum > FAC 05:02, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
Looks good from comprehensiveness and prose POV otherwise ergo Support
Cas Liber (
talk ·
contribs)
12:33, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Article is looking good. I'm leaning support pending source review and comments below
... axillary pinacle: the inflorescense is many-branched and arises...
The corolla also has reflexed and oblong-shaped lobes, that are alone a similar size to the corolla tube at 1.5–2.0 by 1.3–1.5 mm (0.06–0.08 by 0.05–0.06 in)that are alone?
I'll be gone for the next few days for a short wikibreak, feel free to leave comments, though I wont be able to respond to them right away. Thanks, Draco phyllum > FAC 20:33, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
In no particular order:
Dracophyllum fiordense in Fiordland on the Milford Track, on the flanks of Mount Balloon.The alt could instead read something like this: "Mountainside covered with green plants with D. fiordense in the center" and add a caption similar to one of these: "D. fiordense, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park" OR " Milford Track, Fiordland National Park" OR "D. fiordense in Fiordland National Park". As a bonus, you could edit the long description of the photo on Commons to include the entire description you have currently used as the alt.
<nowiki>
will do in the alt for the photo in the Etymology section, but I would remove it, remove the Wiki markup from it (MOS:ALT says no code or markup in the alt), and change it to be similar to the one I described previously. You could also expand the caption a bit to include the location, if you wish.
He hypothesised that this change in range was due either to: misidentification as D. traversii; simply not having being found earlier; or more recent movement of the species further north...should not have the colon. The subcolons are okay, but could also be replaced with commas (and perhaps should) since there are no commas embedded within each of the items.
Oliver claimed it had been known by others for some years before he collected it in March 1927 on Wilmot saddle and Mount Barber.[5] The type specimen was collected on Wilmot saddle on the Wilmot pass....First part of second sentence duplicates last part of first sentence.
Its conservation status was assessed in 2017 as "Declining."This is not in the body, nor is there a Conservation section. I think it should be added to the body with detail as to why it's declining within a section for Conservation that comes after Distribution and habitat.
abbr=off
there. Under description, mm (millimetres) and in (inches), cm (centimetres), etc.pyramid shapedshould be "pyramid-shaped" as an adjective
Norton, David A. (2018-10-02).needs to be changed to have dd mmmm yyyy format in the
date =
parameter.Short description
since the article is already following these conventions: Use dmy dates
, Use shortened footnotes
, and Use New Zealand English
url =
set should have access-date =
set (per something I read recently).— Eewilson ( talk) 23:15, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Its range covers two main groups, one in Fiordland National Park, and one in the Mount Cook and Westland National Parks.That first comma after
two main groupsshould be a colon or an em-dash.
authority =
and range_map_caption =
parameters, respectively.simply not having being found earlieris really not correct — maybe "simply not being found earlier".
=== Websites ===
, === Books ===
, and === Journals ===
with ;Websites
, ;Books
, and ;Journals
, respectively. No need in having them in the TOC.Probably more later. — Eewilson ( talk) 23:46, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
nbsp
between each number and unit or wrap each in nowrap
. I think this will also make the Description secion read much cleaner. Another option would be to use fractions, but you would end up with 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–1⁄40 inch) or 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–3⁄125 inch) or 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–7⁄300 inch) for the smallest one, depending on the precision you choose. I don't think that's useful in this case.— Eewilson ( talk) 08:34, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Okay! It's looking good. I have the source review to do. Another read-through. I'm also working on a GA review and am in the source review for it, so I'll likely bounce back and forth between it and this. Good work! Eewilson ( talk) 23:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
After a full read, I have made corrections in the article and have the following for you to address:
mountain flax (Phormium cookianum),
Which species is it? Also, Wikilink the species name rather than the common name per plants project instructions. I did that on all but this one because of the confusion.Many of the things I have listed during my review here should have been caught in or prior to GA review.
— Eewilson ( talk) 02:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
abbr
parameter. The value off
for that parameter will spell out both values. Leaving the parameter out takes the default, which is to spell out the first value but not the second. See
Template:Convert#Parameter list for more info.
Eewilson (
talk)
05:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)If you will clear those items up, then I'll be able to continue. Thanks! Eewilson ( talk) 18:12, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Oops @ Dracophyllum: I forgot these two things that you didn't answer. I still Support, but can you let me know if you've looked into them?
— Eewilson ( talk) 06:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot ( talk) 21 October 2021 [1].
This article is about an obscure tree from New Zealand's South Island. It was first described in 1928 by the New Zealand botanist Walter Oliver. Genetic analysis more recently has revealed, though quite obviously morphologically speaking, that is is related to Dracophyllum traversii and Dracophyllum menziesii. Good work by botanists recently, a monograph from earlier this year for example, has made sourcing these Dracophyllum articles quite easy. The most important articles are paywalled however, so I can email them to you if you would like. I have chosen to nominate this article before my other GAs because it has no major issues or missing information – the only potential issue being the difficulty in avoiding too close paraphrasing in the description section... Thanks in advance for your comments. Draco phyllum 23:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Looking now... Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 12:21, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
"Though the trunk is usually unbranched, upright-growing branches may sometimes form – particularly on plants in Westland. The bark on older sections is a greyish-brown colour, while newer growth is a yellow-brown."
Draco phyllum > FAC 05:02, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
Looks good from comprehensiveness and prose POV otherwise ergo Support
Cas Liber (
talk ·
contribs)
12:33, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Article is looking good. I'm leaning support pending source review and comments below
... axillary pinacle: the inflorescense is many-branched and arises...
The corolla also has reflexed and oblong-shaped lobes, that are alone a similar size to the corolla tube at 1.5–2.0 by 1.3–1.5 mm (0.06–0.08 by 0.05–0.06 in)that are alone?
I'll be gone for the next few days for a short wikibreak, feel free to leave comments, though I wont be able to respond to them right away. Thanks, Draco phyllum > FAC 20:33, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
In no particular order:
Dracophyllum fiordense in Fiordland on the Milford Track, on the flanks of Mount Balloon.The alt could instead read something like this: "Mountainside covered with green plants with D. fiordense in the center" and add a caption similar to one of these: "D. fiordense, Milford Track, Fiordland National Park" OR " Milford Track, Fiordland National Park" OR "D. fiordense in Fiordland National Park". As a bonus, you could edit the long description of the photo on Commons to include the entire description you have currently used as the alt.
<nowiki>
will do in the alt for the photo in the Etymology section, but I would remove it, remove the Wiki markup from it (MOS:ALT says no code or markup in the alt), and change it to be similar to the one I described previously. You could also expand the caption a bit to include the location, if you wish.
He hypothesised that this change in range was due either to: misidentification as D. traversii; simply not having being found earlier; or more recent movement of the species further north...should not have the colon. The subcolons are okay, but could also be replaced with commas (and perhaps should) since there are no commas embedded within each of the items.
Oliver claimed it had been known by others for some years before he collected it in March 1927 on Wilmot saddle and Mount Barber.[5] The type specimen was collected on Wilmot saddle on the Wilmot pass....First part of second sentence duplicates last part of first sentence.
Its conservation status was assessed in 2017 as "Declining."This is not in the body, nor is there a Conservation section. I think it should be added to the body with detail as to why it's declining within a section for Conservation that comes after Distribution and habitat.
abbr=off
there. Under description, mm (millimetres) and in (inches), cm (centimetres), etc.pyramid shapedshould be "pyramid-shaped" as an adjective
Norton, David A. (2018-10-02).needs to be changed to have dd mmmm yyyy format in the
date =
parameter.Short description
since the article is already following these conventions: Use dmy dates
, Use shortened footnotes
, and Use New Zealand English
url =
set should have access-date =
set (per something I read recently).— Eewilson ( talk) 23:15, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
Its range covers two main groups, one in Fiordland National Park, and one in the Mount Cook and Westland National Parks.That first comma after
two main groupsshould be a colon or an em-dash.
authority =
and range_map_caption =
parameters, respectively.simply not having being found earlieris really not correct — maybe "simply not being found earlier".
=== Websites ===
, === Books ===
, and === Journals ===
with ;Websites
, ;Books
, and ;Journals
, respectively. No need in having them in the TOC.Probably more later. — Eewilson ( talk) 23:46, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
nbsp
between each number and unit or wrap each in nowrap
. I think this will also make the Description secion read much cleaner. Another option would be to use fractions, but you would end up with 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–1⁄40 inch) or 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–3⁄125 inch) or 0.55–0.60 millimetres (1⁄50–7⁄300 inch) for the smallest one, depending on the precision you choose. I don't think that's useful in this case.— Eewilson ( talk) 08:34, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
Okay! It's looking good. I have the source review to do. Another read-through. I'm also working on a GA review and am in the source review for it, so I'll likely bounce back and forth between it and this. Good work! Eewilson ( talk) 23:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
After a full read, I have made corrections in the article and have the following for you to address:
mountain flax (Phormium cookianum),
Which species is it? Also, Wikilink the species name rather than the common name per plants project instructions. I did that on all but this one because of the confusion.Many of the things I have listed during my review here should have been caught in or prior to GA review.
— Eewilson ( talk) 02:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
abbr
parameter. The value off
for that parameter will spell out both values. Leaving the parameter out takes the default, which is to spell out the first value but not the second. See
Template:Convert#Parameter list for more info.
Eewilson (
talk)
05:33, 11 October 2021 (UTC)If you will clear those items up, then I'll be able to continue. Thanks! Eewilson ( talk) 18:12, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Oops @ Dracophyllum: I forgot these two things that you didn't answer. I still Support, but can you let me know if you've looked into them?
— Eewilson ( talk) 06:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)